This is seen by a ship off the coast of the island. A celebration is held that night to welcome spring and the return of the birds with a great bonfire. Brightbill explains that during his travels, he discovered a factory with many robots just like Roz. At last, the spring comes, and Brightbill and the other migratory birds return to the island. They are very appreciative of Roz’s efforts. The animals are thrilled that so many of them are saved. Roz constructs lodges all over the island for the animals who are not able to handle the especially bitter winter. It is with great sadness that Brightbill must later fly south for the winter. Although Roz is a different kind of mother, Brightbill still considers Roz his mother. Brightbill continues to grow, and begins to question Roz and her past. The animals of the forest warm up to Roz as they come to sample from the garden, and Brightbill makes a best friend in young Chitchat the Squirrel.Īs time passes, the animals come to love Roz. Beaver and Tawny the Deer to construct a lodge for shelter and a garden for food. Roz seeks out the assistance of Loudwing for information on raising Brightbill. From this egg hatches the gosling, Brightbill, so named by Roz for the baby goose’s brightly colored beak. While climbing down the island cliffs one day, Roz accidentally falls and crushes a family of geese to death, but a single egg survives.
Roz pulls the needles out, helping Fink and earning Fink’s friendship. One day, Roz comes across Fink the Fox, injured by porcupine needles. Roz learns how the animals behave and speak, and so she begins to emulate them. Upon seeing a camouflaged stick insect, Roz decides she will camouflage herself to better learn about the island and its animals. Roz knows nothing about herself other than she is a robot designed to do as she is told and to find better ways of doing what she does. The otters and all the animals of the island are terrified of Roz, for they do not know what to make of her. In turn, the sun provides the solar power needed to start up Roz. A gang of sea otters discovers the crate as the sun comes out. Four are smashed to pieces on the shore, while the fifth, containing Roz, winds up safely on shore.
When the novel begins, a ship sinks in a bad storm off the coast of the island, leaving five crates floating on the water, each containing a robot. While there she befriends the local wildlife and raises a baby goose as her son. The Wild Robot is a children’s novel by Peter Brown which recounts the year Roz the robot spends on an island. Note: This study guide specifically refers to the April 2016 Little, Brown, and Company First Hardcover Edition of the Wild Robot by Peter Brown.
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