robot-bot-bot illustrated by fernando krahn text dictated by ps183’s 2008 newcomer esl class...
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Robot-bot-bot
Illustrated by Fernando Krahn
Text dictated by PS183’s 2008 newcomer ESL class
Edited by Erzsebet Harskuti
1.
Once upon a time, there was a girl
whose name was Andrea.
One day she was sitting on the ground,
waiting for her dad.
Her dad was supposed to come home
at 6:00.
2.
Hi, Dad!” Andrea said.
Dad said, “Hello, Andrea.
I have a surprisefor you!”
3.
Andrea saw a very big box
in the car trunk.
“What’s in the box?” trunk
4.
Andrea thought to herself,
“I hope it’s a puppy!”
Dad saw Mom and he gave her
a kiss.
5.
They opened the box.
Mom had a big smile.
6.
There was a robot in the box!
They all were excited
about the new robot.
Andrea said, “I love that robot!”
7.
Andrea’s parents were happy
with the new robot, too.
Dad played with the remote.
Suddenly the robot’s antennas
said,“Zzzzzzzzzz!”
8.
The robot went in the kitchen.
Dad said, “Let’s see him
working in the kitchen.”
9.
Dad told the robot
to wash the dishes.
The robot stood on a stool
and quickly cleaned a plate.
10.
Dad told the robot, “Wash the floor.”
The next minute, the robot
finished mopping the floor.
The mother was glad that the robot
was doing the housework.
11.
The father made the robot
take the trash outside to throw it
in the garbage can.
12.
Later, the robot
put slippers on Dad’s feet.
13.
The father and the mother
hugged each other,
because they were so happy.
Andrea touched
one of the robot’s antennas.
Her parents didn’t see Andrea touching the robot.
antenna
14.
Andrea wondered what the robot’s brain
looked like.
She held his nose with her right hand,
and she opened his head with her left hand,
to see his brain.
15.
She put her right hand inside to feel
what was inside his head.
She pulled out some plugs
and heard something rattling.
16.
Next she spoke
into the remote, “Make me
some cupcakes!”
But the robot shook his head and his arms.
He didn’t say, “Zzzzzzzzzz.”
He said, “Bot bot
bot bot bot bot bot bot bot…”
17.
Suddenly the robot
ran very fast.
He turned the chair over where Dad
was reading.
The rug was rolling
on the floor.
Dad’s slippers fell
from his feet.
18.
The mother was taking
some hot soup to her husband.
The soup spilled
on the chair and the table.
Dad's book fell, too.
19.
The robot ran through the window and broke it.
The mother fell down
on top of the father and the chair
broke.
20.
The robot jumped through the window
and into the garbage can.
21.
The garbage man didn’t see the robot
inside the garbage can.
He picked up the can.
22. He threw the garbage
into the truck. The family yelled,
“Wait! Wait!”
The garbage man said, “What’s the matter?”
23.
The garbage man waited
for the family to come outside.
He pushed his hat from his eyesand lookedat the robot.
Then the familytook the robot inside.
24.
Dad tried to fix the robot
in the garage.
He put all the plugs back inside it.
Andrea felt bad
thatshe had broken
the robot.
She watched her father
use a screwdriver.
25.
The robot and Andrea
played table tennis
on the ping pong table.
Everybody was happy again,
because the robot was fixed.
He was fine now.
1A antenna1B brain1C excited1D to fix2A garbage can2B housework2C to mop2D ping pong3A plug3B to rattle3C remote3D screwdriver4A slippers4B to spill4C stool4D supposed to5A table tennis5B to take the trash outside5C trunk5D to wash dishes