The next morning, WALL · E pulled EVE up to the roof of his truck. He aimed her toward the sun and waited. But there was no change in EVE, not a single sign that she was recharging in the sunlight.
WALL · E took EVE to different places. He held an umbrella over her during a thunderstorm, and—BOOM!—the umbrella was struck by lightning. So was WALL · E.
WALL · E cared for EVE as she slept. When a sandstorm appeared on the horizon, he placed a barrel over her. He held the barrel steady as the sand buried him in a tiny dune.
After the storm, WALL · E had another idea. He decided that perhaps he could jump-start her electronic heart with his own. He attached the jumper cables, closed his eyes, and hoped for the best. But EVE’s state-of-the-art electronic defense system was powerful and far more advanced than WALL · E’s. BOOM!—the electric jolt toppled WALL · E.
A bit deflated but not defeated, WALL · E made a leash out of old Christmas lights, wrapped it around EVE, and whistled for his cockroach.
Pulling gently on the leash, WALL · E went for a walk with his two companions. Then WALL · E took EVE for a boat ride on a lake of steaming sludge. Using an old street sign as an oar, he rowed her to a particularly scenic scrapyard. He set her on the hood of a junked car to watch the sunset through the polluted air.
As he observed the light being refracted through the smoggy haze, the sky turned a brilliant purple and gold. To WALL · E, the worn and smoggy world he lived in suddenly took on a rosy glow. He sighed and etched WALL · E & EVE on an old post with his laser.
Later that night, WALL · E placed EVE on the roof of his truck, the solar Christmas lights around her aglow. He set up his television in front of her so that she could watch. But no matter what WALL · E tried, there was no response.
The next day, WALL · E decided to return to work. He halfheartedly got ready, then checked on EVE one more time. Leaving her on the truck’s roof with the feeble hope that the sun’s rays might awaken her, he turned away. Unenthusiastically, he called to his cockroach and set out.
At his work site, WALL · E noticed that he was just going through the motions of trash compacting. He was simply following his directive, like a normal robot. His passion for interesting items was gone. WALL · E realized he’d found the one thing in all the world that made being in it worthwhile.
WALL · E stopped and pulled out his lighter. Seeing it flicker, he sighed and remembered the good times he had shared with EVE.
A gust of wind suddenly blew out the tiny flame. WALL · E looked across the dry bay toward home. Was another sandstorm blowing in? No, it was something else: A bright glow was descending from the clouds. He heard the low rumble and instantly realized that it was the spaceship that had brought EVE. He raced toward home, terrified that the ship was coming to take her back!
“Eee-vah! Eee-vah!” WALL · E called out.
As he reached the freeway ramp near his home, WALL · E suddenly stopped short. In the distance, the probe ship was hovering over his truck. A giant robotic arm reached out and lifted EVE into the ship’s hold.
“Eee-vah! Eee-vah!” WALL · E screamed as he scrambled toward her. The cargo doors closed as the rocket engines powered up.
WALL · E rushed down a hill of rubble and up a broken freeway overpass. Then, quickly, he stopped. He placed his cockroach on the ground and gestured to him: “Stay!” The disappointed cockroach sat down, chirping impatiently.
WALL · E careened toward the spaceship and latched onto it just as a wall of flame blasted from the engines.
Inside the ship, robotic arms fastened EVE into a slot among a long row of dormant probe-bots. EVE was the only probe-bot flashing a green light.
Outside, little WALL · E was steadily climbing the side of the ship as the final engines ignited. He clamped his small hands onto a metal support rod and closed his eyes as the rocket blasted into space. On the ground, WALL · E’s cockroach dutifully stayed put as he watched his master disappear into the clouds.
第二天早晨，瓦力將伊芙拖到貨車的車頂上。他使她朝向太陽，然后等待著。但是伊芙?jīng)]有任何變化，沒有任何跡象表明她在陽光下充電。
瓦力把伊芙帶到不同的位置。他在雷雨中為伊芙打傘，然后“轟”的一聲雨傘被閃電擊中。被閃電擊中的還有瓦力。
伊芙睡著時(shí)瓦力照看著她。當(dāng)他看見地平線上一場沙暴正在襲來，他用一個(gè)圓桶罩住她。他穩(wěn)穩(wěn)地抱著圓桶，任由沙土將他埋在一個(gè)小沙丘下。
沙暴過后，瓦力又想到一個(gè)主意。他認(rèn)為也許他可以用引線將她的電子心臟和自己的跨接來啟動它。他接好跨接電纜，閉上眼睛，懷抱著最好的希望。但是伊芙最新的電子防御系統(tǒng)很強(qiáng)大，遠(yuǎn)比瓦力先進(jìn)?！稗Z”的一聲電流一下子將瓦力電倒在地。
瓦力有點(diǎn)泄氣，卻仍沒有放棄，他把圣誕節(jié)用過的彩燈串當(dāng)作鏈條，圍繞在伊芙身上，然后吹了聲口哨招呼他的蟑螂。
瓦力輕輕拉著彩燈鏈條，帶著他的兩個(gè)伙伴去散步。然后瓦力帶著伊芙泛舟湖上，霧蒙蒙的湖中滿是泥漿。他拿一個(gè)舊路標(biāo)當(dāng)槳，劃船帶她去一個(gè)風(fēng)景特別優(yōu)美的廢料場。他將她安置在一輛廢棄轎車的引擎蓋上，透過被污染的空氣看日落。
在他觀察光線在霧霾中的折射時(shí)，天空變成了鮮艷的紫色和金色。在瓦力看來，他所生活的破舊不堪、煙霧蒙蒙的世界突然披上了一層玫瑰色的光澤。他嘆了口氣，在一根舊柱子上用激光蝕刻上了“瓦力和伊芙”。
那天深夜，瓦力將伊芙安置在他的貨車車頂上，環(huán)繞著她的圣誕節(jié)太陽能彩燈串亮閃閃的。他將他的電視機(jī)放在她面前讓她看。但是不論瓦力怎樣嘗試，她都沒有回應(yīng)。
第二天，瓦力決定回去工作。他草草做好準(zhǔn)備，然后再一次去查看了一下伊芙的情況。他將她留在貨車車頂上轉(zhuǎn)身離開，心里對陽光可能使她蘇醒抱著微弱的希望。他無精打采地叫了一聲他的蟑螂，然后出發(fā)了。
在他的工作場地，瓦力發(fā)現(xiàn)他僅僅是在完成壓縮垃圾的動作。他就像一個(gè)普通的機(jī)器人那樣，不過是遵照指令行事。他對于有趣物品的熱情蕩然無存。瓦力意識到他已經(jīng)找到了這世上唯一讓他的人生有價(jià)值的事。
瓦力停下來，掏出了他的打火機(jī)?？粗鹧骈W爍，他嘆口氣，想起了他和伊芙一起度過的美好時(shí)光。
突然一陣狂風(fēng)吹滅了這微小的火苗。瓦力望了望位于干涸海灣另一邊的家。又一場沙暴要襲來嗎？不，是別的東西：一團(tuán)明亮的光芒從云層中降落。他聽到了低沉的隆隆聲，立刻意識到這就是送伊芙來的那艘太空飛船。他朝家飛奔而去，十分害怕飛船是來帶她回去的。
“伊——娃！伊——娃！”瓦力喊道。
瓦力趕到他家附近的高速公路匝道時(shí)，猛然一個(gè)急剎車。在遠(yuǎn)處，探測飛船正盤旋在他的貨車上方。一個(gè)巨大的機(jī)械臂伸出來將伊芙舉起放入了飛船的貨艙。
“伊——娃！伊——娃！”瓦力一邊尖叫一邊朝她趕去。飛船的引擎加大了功率，貨艙的門也關(guān)上了。
瓦力沖下一個(gè)瓦礫堆，沖上一座斷裂的高速公路立交橋。然后，他馬上停了下來。他將他的蟑螂放在地上，打手勢告訴他：“待在這兒！”蟑螂失望地坐下，不耐煩地發(fā)出吱吱聲。
瓦力向著飛船猛沖過去。他剛扒到飛船的外面，它的引擎就噴出一道火墻。
在飛船內(nèi)部，機(jī)械臂將伊芙固定在一個(gè)槽內(nèi)，和其他休眠的探測機(jī)器人一起排成一長列。伊芙是唯一閃爍著綠燈的探測機(jī)器人。
在飛船外面，最后幾個(gè)引擎也點(diǎn)火了，小瓦力不斷地沿著飛船的側(cè)面往上爬。他的小手緊緊握住了一根金屬支撐桿。在飛船噴火飛向太空的時(shí)候他緊閉雙眼。在地面上，瓦力的蟑螂聽話地待在原地沒動，看著他的主人消失在云層中。
