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