I, Robot Robbie
“Ninety-eight, ninety nine, one hundred! ____ I come!”
Gloria ____ aloud and began to search around the house.
The eight-year ____ girl was playing hide and seek with Robbie.
Robbie was a ____ who came to her house two years ago.
He was her best ____.
Robbie was ____ and better at hiding, but he always let her win.
In return, ____ told him his favorite story, Cinderella.
Robbie’s metal ____ blinked with joy.
“Gloria, come back inside!” Mrs. Weston, ____ mother, shouted.
She did ____ like Robbie.
She felt that a robot ____ not take care of a child.
She said to her husband, “Gloria ____ only with Robbie.
She does not play with other ____.”
Mr. ____ did not agree with her.
He thought that Robbie was a ____ help to Gloria and the family.
After a long talk
After a ____ talk, however, they decided to return Robbie to the factory.
When Gloria ____ that Robbie was gone, she cried,
“He is a person just like ____ and me, and he is my friend! Bring him back!”
Gloria’s ____ was gone.
Even a new pet and a trip to ____ York did not help.
____ could make her smile.
In the end, her parents took Gloria to the ____.
Mrs. ____ pointed to the robot workers and said,
“____ at them, Gloria. They are just machines, not people.”
Gloria was ____ listening to her mother.
She was ____ for Robbie.
“____ he is!” She shouted with joy.
She was so happy that she ran toward ____.
At that moment, a huge machine was rushing ____ her.
Robbie saw this, ran quickly ____ her, and saved her just in time.
Gloria hugged Robbie ____.
This ____, even Mrs. Weston could not separate them.
Gloria’s parents changed their minds about Robbie and brought ____ back home.
Finally, the two friends lived ____ happily.