17 A Robot's Trick

A Robot's Trick written by Jack Gabo linscy illustrated by Michael Cashmore-Hingley

Sparky looked at his special watch. "What's the time?" he asked, but the watch didn't talk to him. "What's the time?" he asked again, but the watch didn't say anything.

Robbie... Robbie... ROBBIE... "Robbie! What time is it?" Sparky asked, but Robbie the Robot didn't talk. "Robbie! Robbie! What's the time?" he called, but he didn't say anything.

Sparky was not happy. Robbie was his friend and his helper. He always helped him. Why didn't he come this time? Why didn't he tell him the time? Something was not right. Robbie!

Robbie! Robbie... Sparky ran to find Robbie. "Robbie! Robbie, I see you there! he called. But the robot didn't talk to Sparky. Robbie didn't move. He was asleep. That was not right. I see you there

Sparky pushed the robot's start button. His green light came on, but his eyes didn't open. "Don't wake me. I'm sleeping." Robbie said. Then his green light went out again. Don't wake me. I'm sleeping.