The Adventures of Johnny and Robby

It was raining heavily and the wind was howling. A storm was coming but so was Christmas. As the last Robotronika toy was rolling along the assembly line, the lightning hit. There was a huge jolt of energy, lots of people screamed and ran, and the last little Robotronika toy fell into its box.

A few days later, little Johnny ran downstairs and burst into the living room. He was so excited! At last it was Christmas morning and he could open all his presents. He tore into the boxes, hoping and praying that he would find it. But after opening box after box, it wasn’t there. Then, as he was tearing open his last present, he heard a little voice say, ‘Hello! Beep beep, blip blop’. After that, little Johnny and his very own Robotronika, which he named ‘Robby’, were always together.

A weeks later, while they were playing in the park, Johnny noticed something unusual. Robby was speaking and moving in ways that definitely weren’t in the Robotronika’s user guide. Robby had a sad look on his face. Johnny thought that it was impossible for a robot to be sad, and they continued playing. But Johnny kept noticing Robby acting strange—not like a robot at all, but like a little boy!

One day, while Johnny and Robby were walking home from school, there was a loud explosion in the distance. Smoke started to slowly dance upward into the sky. What happened? Aliens? Pirates? Maybe monsters? Robby turned to look at little Johnny and with a sense of adventure said, ‘Let’s go!’