6. Sanitized for Your Protection

CHAPTER 6 SANITIZED FOR YOUR PROTECTION Unfortunately, the epic fight that followed was WAY too violent and disturbing to appear in a children's book. The images and descriptions would just be too terrifying. You'd have nightmares for weeks, trust me! So I have invited a guest illustrator, Timmy Swanson (age four) to draw the action in a style that won't depict too much graphic detail. I've also asked his nana, Gertrude (age seventy-one), to describe the scene in her own, gentle vocabulary. Take it away, Timmy and Nana!

Thank you, dear. Well, let's see what's happening here. What— oh, my. That's... that's horrible! It looks like a little boy is— oh, dear. Now what's he doing? Oh, dear me! This certainly is not appropriate at all!

And now there's a robot shaped like a— well, I'd rather not say. He's just doing such dreadful things, though. And- OH! Oh, my. Say, what kind of a book is this? Oh, for heaven's sake! This is ridiculous. I've never been so offended in all my— OH! I've seen just about enough— OH! OH!!! Oh, dear!

Timmy! Stop drawing! Stop drawing this instant! No, Timmy! No!