9 Bot, We Don’t Want To

CHAPTER NINE BOT, WE DON'T WANT TO Franny gathered the Franbots together. "You're doing a great job," she told them. "But I think we can do better."

The Franbots smiled. "We were thinking the exact same thing," one of them said. "We want more projects. We can be more excellent. We found another place that teaches all sorts of spectacular classes." One of them handed Franny a brochure. "You just select one thing from each column and make up your own activity. Then you can attend three days a week for

ten years until you really learn it. We can do it. We can do them all. We are going to be so excellent." Franny looked at the chart.

CREATE YOUR OWN CLASS! JUST TAKE ONE FROM EACH COLUMN! COLUMN 1 UNDER- WATER MEDIEVAL BLINDFOLDED HIGH- SPEED EXTREME COLUMN 2 FRENCH TWO- PERSON BAREFOOT ONE- HANDED NIGHT- TIME COLUMN 3 OWL GRANDMA SOFA POSSUM DIAPER COLUMN 4 PAINTING TICKLING WRESTLING JUGGLING SLAPPING

"Well, I have to admit," Franny said. "Underwater One- Handed Diaper-Juggling does sound fascinating. But the pace is already too much for Mom. She can't keep up with you now, and it will be even harder on her if you add a bunch of new activities. "No more new classes. Tomorrow we'll change your programming and slow things down," she told them.

The Franbots frowned. "Look, I know you don't like it, but that's how it's going to be. We can't get carried away here."