13 Get Your Head in the Game

CHAPTER THIRTEEN GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME The next Franbot was reading a book about soccer. Franny used her mechanical voice again. "I guess you're studying up for the game tomorrow," she said. Franbot Number Two looked up. "What game?" it said. "I didn't hear anything about a game." "Sure you did. The coach said it's going to be a power game. It will be all about kicking hard. But don't worry too much. You're not the worst player on the team."

"Wait a second. I thought I was the best player on the team," it said. "Maybe you could be," Franny said. "If you could kick a little harder." Franbot Number Two threw down the book. "I can kick harder than anybody on the team. I can kick harder than anybody in the world!" it said, and began practicing viciously powerful kicks.

Franny watched for a moment. "Is that as high as you can kick?" she said. "This isn't high enough?" the Franbot huffed. "I guess it's okay. Some of the other players can kick much higher, but I suppose this is pretty good, for you." "How high can they kick?" "One of them can kick herself right in the face," Franny said. "She's excellent."

"Oh yeah?" the Franbot shouted, unable to accept the idea that it wasn't the best kicker on the team.

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Determined to prove how excellent it was, Franbot Number Two drew its leg way back, and kicked itself with devastating force right in its own face, which, if you're a Franbot, turns out to be one of the very best ways to take your head clean off. The demolished Franbot fell over with a heavy klunk. "Two down," Franny said, and mechanically turned to go find the third Franbot, but, to her surprise, she discovered it