RoboToys Excerpt 0xFFFE: The RoboFox and the Lithium Accumulator
By lcarroll
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Graziano
G. Ravizza Presents:
The Robofox
and the
Lithium Accumulator
Tale
extracted from
RoboToys
Chapter 0x002
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« Tiberius »
« What?! »
« Would you please tell me a story? »
« A story? But I was asleep! »
« Come on, just one story and then I’ll go to sleep and won’t
bother you again »
« Tell a robomouse a story to make it sleep? If my friends knew about
this they’d think I’ve gone mad! All right, come on up. But be
quiet, or you’ll wake everybody up »
BoSMi backed up a bit and, making the slightest noise, jumped on Tiberius’s
bed.
« What kind of story should I read to you? »
« How should I know? A nice one, with a happy ending » answered BoSMi,
making itself comfortable amongst the folds of the quilt.
« Are Aesop’s fables ok with you? » said Tiberius, rummaging through
the books on his bedside table.
« I don’t know any of Aesop’s fables. I know Haexop’s ones »
« Haexop? Such as? »
« Such as “The Robofox and the Lithium Accumulator”. Do you know
it? »
« No » smiled Tiberius. « But I think I know where this is going. Go
on, tell me! »
The robomouse started whispering:
« A robofox with flat batteries saw a lithium accumulator which had just been recharged. It
tried to stick it in her battery slot, but the socket was different, it wouldn’t connect: “Old technological rubbish. It would have run out of power immediately anyway!”said the robofox to itself, and off it went »
« Excellent! You’re very good at telling stories » Tiberius smiled.
« I know, but you were supposed to be the one telling me a story to make me go to sleep»
« You’re right, but tell me another one, come on... »
BoSMi agreed: « All right, all right. I’ll tell you just one more. I can’t remember anything about myself, but have tons of fables stored in my memory... let’s look in the files... here it is, you might like this one: “Digisnow and the Seven Robodwarfs” »
« Awesome! » exclaimed Tiberius, amused. « Do tell, do tell... »
« So... once upon a time... »
BoSMi had yet to begin the fable but Tiberius was already sound asleep.
That day’s excitement had clearly worn him out.
« Tiberius... Tiberius... Tibe! » whispered BoSMi. « Bah, he
fell asleep. All right, then »
The robomouse bit on the quilt and covered Tiberius up, then moved
towards the end of the bed, crouched down and closed its mechatronic
eyes, satisfied.
...Why a
strange toy robot is
telling a story to a smiling boy? This and more you'll
discover in RoboToys
Chapter 0x002. Already
available for free... on
the web.
visit:
RoboToys
(c) 2011-2013 Graziano G. Ravizza
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