I, Robot Robbie
“Ninety-eight, ninety nine, one hundred! Here I ____
Gloria counted ____ and began to search around the house.
____ eight-year old girl was playing hide and seek with Robbie.
Robbie ____ a robot who came to her house two years ago.
He was her best ____
Robbie was faster and better ____ hiding, but he always let her win.
In ____ Gloria told him his favorite story, Cinderella.
Robbie’s metal eyes blinked ____ joy.
“Gloria, come back inside!” Mrs. Weston, ____ mother, shouted.
She ____ not like Robbie.
She felt ____ a robot should not take care of a child.
She said to her husband, “Gloria plays only ____ Robbie.
She does not play with other ____
____ Weston did not agree with her.
He thought that Robbie ____ a great help to Gloria and the family.
After a long talk
After ____ long talk, however, they decided to return Robbie to the factory.
____ Gloria found that Robbie was gone, she cried,
“He ____ a person just like you and me, and he is my friend! Bring him back!”
Gloria’s smile was ____
Even a new pet and a trip ____ New York did not help.
Nothing could make her ____
In the end, her parents took Gloria to the ____
Mrs. Weston pointed to the ____ workers and said,
“Look at ____ Gloria. They are just machines, not people.”
Gloria ____ not listening to her mother.
She was searching for ____
“There he is!” ____ shouted with joy.
She was so happy ____ she ran toward him.
____ that moment, a huge machine was rushing toward her.
Robbie saw this, ran quickly toward her, and saved her just ____ time.
Gloria ____ Robbie tightly.
This time, even ____ Weston could not separate them.
____ parents changed their minds about Robbie and brought him back home.
____ the two friends lived together happily.