12 The New Robot Is a Smash Hit

CHAPTER TWELVE THE NEW ROBOT IS A SMASH HIT Franny walked happily into her classroom. She was thinking about maybe rescuing more kids from stupid hobbies. She was surprised, as anyone might be, to find that most of her classroom had been smashed to smithereens. (Note: For anybody doing the conversion, there are ten smithers in an ounce, and ten smithereens in a smither.)

Erin climbed from underneath a smoldering chunk of desk. "Thank goodness," she said. "Another mad scientist to help us." Franny raised one eyebrow. "'Another' mad scientist? What do you mean by 'another'? You're not a mad scientist." Lawrence and Phil climbed out from their hiding places. "Sure we are," Phil said. "You should have seen us yesterday." "That's right," Lawrence added. "And we finished the robot last night."

"You finished it?" Franny shouted. "You're not qualified to do that. What made you think you could create and activate something that complex and dangerous?" The three of them just looked down at their feet.

Then it suddenly occurred to Franny. She was what made them think that. "I have a very bad feeling about this," Franny said.

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