13 Fools + Tools = Busted-up Schools

CHAPTER THIRTEEN FOOLS + TOOLS = BUSTED-UP SCHOOLS Franny scribbled some computations on the robot's blueprint. She reviewed the notes that Erin, Lawrence, and Phil had given her, and tried to include in her calculations what they could remember about the extra work they had done during the night. They could hear the robot starting on a new rampage somewhere else in the school. Franny finished her computations. "Egad," she gasped. "What? What is it?" Lawrence squeaked. "I designed the robot with two heads because, as you know, two heads would make it twice as smart as a regular robot."

Phil tried to look like he understood. "But you guys, well, you don't know the first thing about robots, or electronics, or science, or machines, or maybe anything." Erin scowled a bit, but this was no time to argue. "You see, because you know nothing, you actually made this robot twice as stupid as a regular robot." "So will that make it easier to stop?" Lawrence asked hopefully.

"Hand me my backpack," Franny said sternly.