8 See, I Told You Nothing Could Go Wrong

CHAPTER EIGHT SEE, I TOLD YOU NOTHING COULD GO WRONG Two weeks later, Franny was feeling a lot more relaxed. The Franbots had been performing brilliantly, and the soccer coach, cooking instructor, and bagpipe teacher hadn't noticed that they were machines.

In fact, they did so well at the extra activities that Franny had even started letting them take her place at school. Nobody at school could tell they were robots either, and they were getting grades almost as good as the ones Franny usually got. Franny now had more time for her new projects, like teaching a monkey to use a monkey wrench, a hammerhead

shark to use a hammer, and a mouse to use a mouse. Igor was delighted to have Franny home every day. The Franbots seemed to be genuinely enjoying their tasks. Sure, they might have been taking them a bit too seriously, but that's what Franny had told them. She said that nothing was more important than excellence, and they were following her instructions.

It was perfect, Franny thought. Except Franny noticed that it might not have been perfect for her mom.

The Franbots moved much more quickly than Franny, and her mom often had to run to keep up. The Franbots were so determined to achieve excellence that they often stayed longer at soccer practice or cooking class, and they were begging for extra-credit projects at school. And Mom was staying up late at night to help them complete it all.

Mom was running herself ragged trying to get the Franbots to their activities and helping them keep up with all the extra work.