BY DIVISION 9, MS. PARRY’S CLASS
Copyright © 2015 The Writers’ Exchange This book was created by Ms. Parry’s Division 9 class at Lord Strathcona Elementary in the spring of 2015. The Writers’ Exchange makes literacy exciting and accessible for inner-city kids through free mentoring and creative writing projects like this chapbook. All Writers’ Exchange programs are free for the children and families we serve, so we could not exist without the support of generous donors, including Bernard MacLeod, Marily Mearns, Megan Abbott, Linda Louis, Lindsay Mearns, Nancy and Ted Maitland, anonymous donor, the Waterbury Foundation, TELUS, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union, the Vancouver Foundation, the Grayross Foundation held at the Vancouver Foundation, RBC Foundation and the CKNW Orphans’ Fund. Thank you. And thank you to the amazing volunteer mentors who work with the kids in all Writers’ Exchange programs so that each child can succeed to the best of his or her ability.
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INTRODUCTION Do you know the six simple machines that scientists in ancient times invented? They are the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge and the screw. We learned about these simple machines and then used them to design our own robots! Then we had fun working with mentors from the Writers’ Exchange to draw pictures and write stories about our new robot helpers. We hope you enjoy reading this book, and learning about simple machines!
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Tom Sparkle 21 By Sachita
28 Buildamatic By Fritz
4 The Robot and the Lights By Alvin
30 The Robot Apocalypse By Teo
6 Clean Garbage Robot By Candyce
32 The Life of a Sassy Egg Yolk By Max
8 The Food-o-Meter’s Journal By Mia
34 Wall.E. the Robot By Min Young
10 King Candy & Junior King Candy By Johnny
36 Sabrina the Transforming Robot By Melanie
12 An Awesome Mistake By Piper
38 Tilly’s Best Adventure By Aaliyah
14 Team Sparkly Unicorns By Legend
40 The Weird Story By Beck
16 Smart Math Robot By Rocio 18 My Best Robots By Julianna 20 Garbage in the Landfill By Adam
42 Minecraft Adventure By Kevin 44 Ice Cream Pooper Awesome 20000 By Manuel 46 Animal Robots By Ariel
22 My Favourite By Leena
48 The Day A.T.M. Lost His Money By Kai
24 Fluffy Penguin Robot By Richard
50 The Six Simple Machines
26 Candyland By Tina
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TOM SPARKLE 21 By Sachita
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Have you ever seen a fire-breathing robot that gives you whatever you want in a push of a button? I have. Its name is Tom Sparkle 21 and it is a true beauty. Tom Sparkle 21 has three levers. If you pull the first one it gives you gold. If you pull the second lever, you get silver, and if you pull the third one you get diamonds. Tom Sparkle 21’s eyes are colour coded. By that I mean, if you put down a green tape, it goes to the green tape and stops there and rotates. It is also sound sensed, so if you clap, it moves. It has a button, and if you press it you get whatever you want. But first you have to put your hand on a place on the robot that is carved like a hand. If it matches, you press the button and get whatever you want. But if it doesn’t match you get kicked by its wheels. Speaking of wheels, they move very smooth and can also be very steady. This robot can do what humans can do, and what they can’t do. For example: it can assist you with anything and be a good helper, but it can also shape-shift. Tom Sparkle 21 loves brownies. If he runs out of battery you have to feed him brownies. The total cost of this wonderful robot is one million dollars.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It costs $1,000,000. t It runs on batteries and brownies. t It can shape-shift. t It makes gold, silver and diamonds.
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THE ROBOT AND THE LIGHTS By Alvin
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My robot’s name is TD. One day TD was doing homework when he saw a light through the night. When he saw the flash of light it looked like a light beam. He finished the homework, then he flew closer to the window and the light flashed right in front of him. After that, he shut down for the night. The next day he woke up and the house was silent. He flew to the door and flew out through the mail thing. Outside, he remembered the mysterious light. It was 3:50 a.m. It was still dark. He flew back into the house and—BOOM!—another light flashed. He flew fast as he could. When he got inside, he flew to his battery charger and sat there. When he was full of power it was 9 a.m. Everyone was gone. He flew to the lab, where he found out that the light was lightning, and he found out that he could use it to upgrade his body and do things he could never do. He went back home and recharged. Now he can harness the power of lightning.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t The simple machines in my robot are a pulley and a screw. t It’s made out of pulleys and metal and computer chips. t My robot costs $10,000. I will sell it to people by making a website. t It likes to play and do homework and fly. t My robot dislikes water, oil and anything wet.
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CLEAN GARBAGE ROBOT By Candyce
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Hi, my name is Clean Garbage Robot. I was born on January 31. I was created by a scientist that wanted to clean the world. My hobbies are cleaning the world and eating healthy things. The scientist who created me made 10 other robots to be my sisters and brothers. We were all meant to clean something up, and I was meant to pick up garbage all around the world. I live in a castle with my brothers, sisters and owner. He has other friends that do other stuff that helps the world. My owner made me grey, black, yellow and red. My owner lets me go anywhere I want, but I have to be back by 7:30. If I don’t get back before 7:30, I can’t go anywhere else. Mostly I love to go to Disneyland and Portland to buy stuff for my owner. My owner lets me eat tomatoes, cupcakes, cucumbers, salad, spaghetti and chicken noodle soup. What I love to do with the person who takes care of me is clean the house and play video games like Crossy Road, Tsum Tsum and Smurf Village. My owner made me to like bunnies, puppies and piggies. All my brothers love to go to Whistler and my sisters love to go to San Francisco and Las Vegas to buy fancy clothes or makeup. My sister Julia loves playacting with me, putting on fancy clothing and playing games, but mostly I love to clean our rooms. I really love my owner. I can’t wait to see what my owner does to me next time.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t My robot likes picking up garbage and dislikes the environment being dirty. t The robot will cost $20,000. t It loves bunnies, piggies and puppies.
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THE FOOD-O-METER’S JOURNAL By Mia
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THURSDAY, APRIL 23 Today I went to my owner’s fave restaurant, Meatballs. I got a job there because they’re slow on business and since I can make food I would help them a lot. FRIDAY, APRIL 24 My owner told me I cost (drumroll, please. . .) a dollar! Not. I’m worth 7000 dollars. But she’s NOT charging Meatballs 7000 dollars. SATURDAY, APRIL 25 So, I was thinking that since I can make food with the push of a button, I could solve world hunger! Yup, that’s my plan. SUNDAY, APRIL 26 Ok—these are my steps to solve world hunger: 1. Get my owner to let me travel around the world. 2. Give people food and tell them about my Solve World Hunger campaign. 3. Have more of me made. 4. Have everyone get one. 5. Bam! That’s my plan to solve world hunger. Maybe in a year or 20 no one will die of hunger, but EVERYONE will have a Food-o-Meter. By the way, we will not turn evil and wipe out the human race.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It gives food to people, and also makes spaghetti. t It uses a pulley, wheel, lever, wedge and axle. t Its likes are food and making food. t Its dislike is being hungry.
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KING CANDY & JUNIOR KING CANDY By Johnny
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King Candy was an evil robot. He crashed into a wall, then his chip was broken so he was evil. He started to shoot candy. People were really mad that he was shooting so much candy that he made people sick. So I made a Junior King Candy. He tried to stop King Candy, but King Candy was bigger than Junior King Candy. He tried to take the broken chip, then he did take it. He put in the new chip and he was good again. Then the next day a bigger monster came. Junior King Candy tried to see the monster, but he was invisible. So King Candy and Junior King Candy used their candy tool. It started to shoot candy on the monster, and then he was not invisible any more. Then the monster used his power and made another monster. Then he used his power again and the two monsters turned into one bigger monster. He was too big for King Candy and Junior King Candy. (The short way is K.C. and J.K.C.) They combined to one big K.C. and J.K.C. that was big like the monster they were fighting. Then the monster was throwing eggs. They got put into a fist puncher. He put in one of his fists into the fist puncher, then he put in another one. He can use his fist puncher (the short way is F.P.R.), then he can use the monster power to power them.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t King Candy can fly. t He is bigger than Earth. t He can shoot candy the size of Earth, too. t When it is a holiday, he gives you candy for free if you can catch it.
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AN AWESOME MISTAKE By Piper
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One day there was an evil scientist who made a robot, but made a terrible mistake. He forgot two pieces, and that brought it alive. It was supposed to make lighting bolts, but instead he made something good—it made water. It was the scientist’s nightmare to make something good, so he threw it in the trash. One day a good scientist saw it and picked it up. She put a pencil and a cup under the faucet, turned it on, and clean water came out. She took it and showed it to the other scientists, and they decided to make more and more of it to sell, and also to keep the original Water Well 3000. They made the price $1000, but for the poor it is free. So life has been good, except for the evil scientist, who tried to make his first robot until he gave up.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It costs $1000 at a store, but for poor people it is free. t It can help the world by making clean water out of anything. t It uses a wheel and axle and screw and lever. t It can change emotion by changing its faces. t My robot dislikes dirty water and likes clean water.
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TEAM SPARKLY UNICORNS By Legend
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Hi, my name is Bob. I like unicorns and I am the captain of Team Pink Sparkly Unicorns. The team rides pink sparkly unicorns and each unicorn has a different power and fights evil. The good guys are Joe, Bob, Fred and Jake and the bad guys are Bob the Killer, Dora the Exploder and the Evil Handy-Mandy. The base for the good guys is through a secret passage in an ice-cream shop. There’s a door in the back, and a secret passage under the floor. Nobody will ever know where the good guys’ and the bad guys’ bases are.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It cleans up and does homework. t It likes fish and unicorns. t There is a copy of it, and it costs $5. t It uses a wheel and axle, a lever and a wedge. t It likes people and pets. t It dislikes kids and adults.
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SMART MATH GENIUS ROBOT By Rocio
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Hi, I’m a robot. My name is Smarty Math Genius. I’m 30 inches tall. I like to help people with their homework. That’s how my owner got my name, because one day I was helping my owner and she said that I was a genius. She called me Smarty Math Genius, because I was doing her math. We both live in a mansion with queen-size rooms. I love it there. We live in Las Vegas. We go on lots of adventures, like to M&M World, where my favourite M&M is the mixed kind. We also went to the cupcake ATM. That’s all about me.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It’s 30 inches tall. t It’s a genius at doing math. t It helps people with their homework.
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MY BEST ROBOTS By Julianna
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JULIANNA JR. Hi, my name is Julianna Jr. I work on my own and always listen to my master Julianna and do whatever she says. I like doing my master’s chores and homework. I also like singing, dancing, playing, eating, shopping and giving my master Julianna money. I dislike people who don’t have robots like me, and when there are no chores or homework I do my master Julianna’s chores and homework. Sometimes people want to buy me, but my master Julianna says, “No, it’s not for sale,” even if they offer her $300,000. She says, “That’s really tempting but no. N-O spells no.” And that’s why we’re best friends. JOE THE COTTON CANDY DUDE Hi, my name’s Joe the Cotton Candy Dude. I work on my own and always listen to my master Julianna. I make her food and do chores for her, and I’m one of her best friends. I live with her and take care of her when she’s sick. I poop fresh money for Julianna and Julianna Jr., because they’re my best friends. My master never lets anyone except herself and Julianna Jr. touch me because I’m not for sale. She tells everyone who asks that I’m not for sale even if they ask her 10,000,000 times. She wouldn’t sell me for a penny because I’m her best friend.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It uses a wheel and axle, wedge and double lever. t My robot just has to sleep and eat chips and drink soda to run. t It likes doing homework and chores, and singing, dancing, playing, eating, shopping and giving me money.
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GARBAGE IN THE LANDFILL By Adam
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My robot looks handsome. His name is Richard. My robot likes to pick up garbage. He makes garbage into presents. Richard works in the landfill. He collects garbage in the dump truck. Richard is going to the recycling centre to pick up the cans. He meets Piper the recycling robot. Richard says, “Hi! How are you?” Piper says, “I am good.” They talk about recycling. They go on a field trip to the Writers’ Exchange. They paint a picture of a truck. They laminate it and take it home. They put it on the wall. Their mom and their dad see it and say, “Wow! It’s nice.” They put it in a photo album so when Piper and Richard are adults they can look at it.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It controls itself. t Ms. Parry wants my robot. She likes it. t It picks up garbage and throws it up into a truck. t It can walk. t It costs $2. t It works in the landfill. t It collects for the dump truck.
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MY FAVOURITE By Leena
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My robot’s name is Katy Awesome 10. She is controlled by voice. She loves dancing and travelling. She hates the sun because it makes her very hot. She is made out of a wheel and axle, and pulleys. If you want to buy her it will cost $100,000,000,000,000. My robot takes me anywhere I want. Once she took me to Disneyland for five weeks. It was so awesome. We went on lots of rides. For example, we went on the Matterhorn, Magic Mountain and lots of other rides. We ate lots of junk food. We ate cookies, chocolate, ice cream, cotton candy, chips and sushi. We both got a very bad stomach. I threw up and we went back home. My mom got very mad that we went to Disneyland. But we got my mom a purse that cost $500,000,000,000. My mom was very happy that we got her that very, very, very, very pretty and expensive purse. But my mom was still mad at me because I ate too much junk food. Good thing Katy my robot bought me medicine to eat. I felt better and got the robot a hat so she won’t get very hot when the sun comes out. I’m glad that I have Katy. She is my best friend, even if she is a robot.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It gives out food to people who need food. t I will sell it in an electronics store. t It uses a wheel and axle and lever and pulleys and wedge. t It likes dancing. t It hates people who waste food. t When it is sad it doesn’t work.
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FLUFFY PENGUIN ROBOT By Richard
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My robot’s name is PenguinX1000 and it is going to take over the world. When my robot is taking over the world, I will play my computer in my robot. When my robot takes over the world, he also listens to music. My robot is being cloned, so there will be more robots than people. When he’s taking over the world, he’s eating tacos. My robot is made from pulleys, wedges, a mode changer and a mood changer, and it can transform into a phone. My robot sings, dances well, eats tacos and gives people tacos. It also eats batteries. It can be a bodyguard. My robot penguin can summon mini penguin robots to help you. The mini penguins are fluffy and huggable. Also, they can turn into fluffy soft penguin pillows. And turn into penguin furniture that is soft, fluffy and waterproof. It also has a channel for penguin furniture—the channel says: “You have to get it, it’s soft. Fluffy and soft.”
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It costs $6000. t It has these modes: phone mode, happy mode, dancing mode, singing mode and dancing and singing mode. t It has these moods: happy, helpful, sleepy, hungry and super dancing mood.
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CANDYLAND By Tina
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One bad morning kids were crying, so Lolly came in to save the day by making candy and giving it to them. And then the kids were so happy and hyper, but she gave them all one carrot before she left.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t My robot will make candy out of anything you give it, even metal and garbage. t You ask politely and you press the pop, bar, or candy button and say the candy’s name. t It doesn’t need any electricity, so it will not waste energy.
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BUILDAMATIC By Fritz
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My robot builds everything in one minute or less. He hasn’t built anything yet because no one’s bought him because he costs the number written below. He’s powered by something SECRET! You can call him anything. It costs $101,9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999.00
ABOUT MY ROBOT t My robot’s made out of a screw, lever and a wheel and axle. t It’s funny and hard working. t No one controls it. They just tell it what to make. t It’s powered through the computer. t It’s nine feet tall. t Builders use it because it can build a skyscraper in two minutes.
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THE ROBOT APOCALYPSE By Teo
My robot’s name is MM Three Thousand. That stands for Moustache Man Three Thousand. One day he was flying, and because he was everythingproof, he decided to take over the world. He got his moustache and went and took over the world. He did it by throwing moustache ninja stars at everyone. But soon he got fat, because he ate too many people. So he exploded. don don don . . . aaaaaaaahhhhhhh.
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Previously on MM Three Thousand. . . MM Three Thousand died. Then he was reborn and created an army of taco robots, and took over the next World Series, and the next, and the next, and the next, etc. They gave all the taco robots lemonade and donuts. Then the MM Three Thousand ate all the taco robots and created more taco robots and was living the life and drinking lemonade and eating donuts. Until one day a ship appeared on his penthouse and little ants came out and started a new ant apocalypse. So that night, to show who would actually take over the world, they had a rock-paperscissors competition. The ants lost so the robots got to take over the world. So they started singing “Hallelujah, It’s Reigning Robots” over and over again. After their celebration they went to bed and ate donuts and drank lemonade again. The ruler of them died—don don don donnnnn— but the taco robots stayed alive and started the next World Series of taco robots. Ya, they did everything you imagined and were living the life, until they all died. don don donnnnnnn!
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It’s worth $101010101010101010101010101010101 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 010101010101011010101010101010101010101010 101010101010101010101010101010101010101010 101010101010101010101010101010101010101010 101010101010101010101010101010101010101010 10101010101010101010101010101010101.
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THE LIFE OF A SASSY EGG YOLK By Max
Hola! My name is Sassy Egg Yolk. I’m specially created to only follow Maxicans’ orders. But I follow one Maxican’s orders the hardest: Max Is Awesome. He is my true owner. I can easily do anything a Maxican wants, especially Max Is Awesome. We’re extremely skilled, and enjoy putting fake puke on people. Of course our greatest accomplishment is ridding McDonald’s of Happy Meals, though. 32
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The way I work is pretty simple. (Not really.) I stick my arm into myself and pull a pulley. A trap door opens and a rock falls down onto a lever and launches another rock at a button. The button teleports the rock to a section of my body called Max’s Thoughts. In this section the rock absorbs Max’s thoughts and then hits another button. This button teleports the rock to a section called Maxican Awesomeness. Then it hits a button and teleports anything I want onto a rod, which sticks out of my body. And Max Is Awesome can grab anything he wants on the outside. I can look like anything I want, but I prefer to be in Stylish Form. In Stylish Form I have a stylish moustache and goatee. I can’t be hacked, unless somebody finds out my SMC (Secret Maxican Coding). Only I and Max Is Awesome know that. To figure it out, you must use a TS (Taco Scanner) and have 93492019033674211976426559437921033674900043295 64011 tacos. Then you must find out the password and use 10,000,000 computers. Using all of these computers will be enough to break the security wall, and then you’ll have to download a bunch of programs with viruses, which will weaken the computers. Then you won’t have enough power to keep inside the security wall, and you’ll get kicked out. But if you make it through that, you’ll have to wait five years for it to process, then you’ll see the SMC. And that’s basically my life.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It can do anything, anytime Max wants. t It won’t listen to anybody except Max. t It’s fuelled by Maxican awesomeness.
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WALL.E. THE ROBOT By Min Young
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My robot’s name is Wall.E. He is made out of a wheel and axle, and he also has a wedge and a pulley. He shreds paper and recycles it. He is good at pooping money and squirrels. He once got in trouble for pooping squirrels on the carpet. One day he was looking for more computer chips and he saw a mountain. The mountain was a volcano! But he is lava proof. There were monkey robots having a party in the lava pit. They were trying to bite each other, so Wall.E. jumped in and ate every monkey. He got out from the lava pit and he found his owner, Bibidy Bob. Which is me. Afterward, he pooped out money, so I can go to buy stuff from a store for shopping. While I was shopping with Wall.E. I saw squirrels running everywhere, so I knew what he just did! He pooped again in the grocery store, but he ate them all. I never knew he eats squirrels that he just pooped out. And so I sent the squirrels away! And that’s what my robot Wall.E. does.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t My robot likes to shred paper and recycle it. t My robot likes being careless and funny. It hates nothing. t It eats screw cereal and oil juice boxes and computer chips. t My robot has a wheel and axle, a wedge, a pulley and a lever.
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SABRINA THE TRANSFORMING ROBOT By Melanie
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My robot’s name is Sabrina. She is made out of a pulley, screws and a wheel and axle. She transports me anywhere. I made Sabrina because I can save money instead of paying for a plane. Sabrina costs $4000. I will make a commercial to sell Sabrina. She is powered by squirrels. They run on a wheel and axle to power Sabrina. The squirrels never get tired of running. Sabrina eats metal to get a lot more energy. She can transform herself into anything, so Sabrina and I can go to Paris or London or anywhere. Sabrina also is a spy. Sabrina works for the government.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t My robot transports me to anywhere I want to go. t I used screws, gears, a pulley and a wheel and axle. t It is powered by squirrels. t The robot eats metal to get more energy. It also transforms into anything.
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TILLY’S BEST ADVENTURE By Aaliyah
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One day there was a robot named Tilly, and she was a teleporter. She could take any amount of people along. She has never eaten cotton candy! One day she had nothing to do, so she went to Washington, D.C. When she arrived in the airport, it wasn’t actually the airport—it was the White House! She called Brockobama but it wasn’t Brockobama, it was Brockobama 2.0! But then she saw Brockobama with Brockobama 2.0. Then she saw apple cider and milkshake coming out of his mouth. It was super gross. Then she saw Brockobama 2.0 throwing people out the window! She was shocked! After that she needed us to use the washroom, but then she saw Brockobama and Brockobama 2.0 in the lady’s washroom! They were super lost, and she didn’t need to use the washroom anymore. After that, she went to the jungle, but she took the two weird people with her by accident. They were singing “In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.” Tilly was very much wanting to go home, but she had to do something first. She got her TV and her popcorn and her cotton candy. They watched movies and ate popcorn and cotton candy all night!
ABOUT MY ROBOT t My robot can teleport anywhere. t It can make any kind of food or drink. t It has never-ending cotton candy. t My robot likes nice people and candy, and it hates planes. t It has a tree inside for oxygen.
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THE WEIRD STORY By Beck
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Once upon a weird city, a cyborg was born. He was a lumberjack/blacksmith. Then he knocked on a door. Who’s there? THE DOOR! Then he ran away laughing. He was very . . . ohh . . . squishy. He jumped over the moon, a moon with a face. Then he made a house. Krcck! A rock moved! Ahhahahhhahhh! Bleh. . . muahahahaha! This sentence is no help to you! puddi! puddi! puddi! puddi! Ooh lala. . . He’s a bit crazy. I can smell peaches. . . He is a grown man. His name is Lawl man. Lalalalalalala! He sings: “I can’t stop this feeling, deep inside of me.” He signs “Hooked on a Feeling.” He went home to eat a sandwich. He was very hungry.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It likes to do parkour (in hand mode). t It’s a bit crazy (in a good way). t This fact is no help to you. Muahahahaha! t It doesn’t like drugs. t This is just a thing it likes, not a fact: Kittens! t It uses a wheel and axle for his hand, with wedges on it to chop the tree.
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MINECRAFT ADVENTURE By Kevin
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Once upon a time a guy searched on the computer and he saw a Minecraft robot. He bought it for $100. The mailman came and gave the robot to him. It made Minecraft stuff like the Bowser sword. That does 900 points of damage and has a long reach. Then the man and the robot went to Candyland. He fought the queen. She was a dragon. It was hard to beat her because she shot these crystals that do a lot of damage. Then they beat the queen, then they made Lucky Blocks and got diamonds. They tamed Furious Destroyer and Jen. Then they put armour on them—diamond armour. Then they fought the king. Then they fought the sea scorpion. Then they made a cool house. Then they went to sleep. Then they tamed a wolf and a girlfriend, and then they fought the Windigo and the Wither. And they went mining and found diamonds, emeralds, rubies, spheres, gold, iron, coal, uranium and ore. Then they made a rocket and made a house on the moon. They made ice cream. They tamed a T-rex and a triceratops. Then they found a village that had trade.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It costs $100 online. t It is made of diamonds. t It has a big window. t It has a wheel and a wedge and a pulley and a lever and an inclined plane. t It likes to make stuff. t It does not like people. Let it be.
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ICE CREAM POOPER AWESOME 20000 By Manuel
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My robot likes to eat garbage. My mom would like to use my robot. He could eat garbage and poop it out and make ice cream. He makes his own ice cream cake. His name is Ice Cream Pooper 20000. He lives on Mars. He can throw ice cream balls on fire. He has a secret lair. My robot is a boy. He is 400,000 years old. His birthday is always tomorrow. My robot has a friend named Mr. K.O. and a pet named Leo. His ship crashed on the Earth. Now he likes it here. He eats all our garbage and poops out ice cream, like a lot of ice cream. He thinks it is food. His nickname is Fancy Man. My robot got broken by a drill a long time ago, but they’re making a lot of these robots. They’re making baby robots too. Mr. K.O. has to take care of the babies, and also pets like Leo.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t It is 11 cm tall. t It costs $400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. t It is a good robot. t It has a pet named Leo and a friend named Mr. K.O.
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ANIMAL ROBOTS By Ariel
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My robot’s name is Shelden. Shelden is a sea turtle. He takes care of other sea turtles. My robot lives in a sunken ship. He goes to hospital that has a lavatory and a food court with all his favourite food. All the patients are well cared for. He likes watching TV. His favourite TV is the Animal Channel. He likes watching Save My Pet, Animals with Jobs and Sea Turtles. He hates sun and he loves rain. Whenever he’s in the sun, he gets dry scales.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t My robot is weird and clean. t It likes pigs, cats, dogs and Minecraft. t It dislikes non-animal lovers. t It has pig power because it is awesome. t It costs $100,000,000,000,000.
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THE DAY A.T.M. LOST HIS MONEY By Kai
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One not so magical day, A.T.M. woke up and went to go give out money. But no money came out. He started to worry. After 20 seconds of thinking, he decided to go see the powerful money wizard Kai. After 9,999,999,999 days of travelling, he got to the top of Mount Money. He asked for his powers. The wizard said yes! After getting his money back, he kept giving money.
ABOUT MY ROBOT t My robot runs on churros. t It’s called All The Money (or A.T.M.). t It’s made up of a wedge. t It will dispense real money. t You have to ask politely. t It has a plane to push the money out. t It’s also a wizard!
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THE WEDGE
THE LEVER
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THE SCREW
THE INCLINED PLANE THE PULLEY 51
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