Ben's Robot

Ben ran over to the bike rack. "Jessy, guess what?" Jessy waved goodbye to her dad and turned to lock up her bike. "What?" She took off her helmet and smiled at him. "You know my robot I've been building?" "Of course." Jessy looked interested. "Well..." Ben looked around to make sure no one was listening. He spoke in a whisper. "I know this sounds crazy, but it really works." Seven-year-old Ben loves pretending to be a robot. But his best friend Jessy is tired of being ordered to oil his knee joints and check his batteries. She says the robot game is boring and runs off to play with someone else. So Ben decides to build a real robot instead. When his robot begins talking, Ben is thrilled. However, nothing goes quite the way he thinks it will.