home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
-
- ### ###
- ### ###
- ### #### ### ### ### ####
- ### ### ##### ### ###
- ### ### ### ### ###
- ### ### ##### ### ###
- ########## ### ### ##########
- ### ###
- ### ###
-
- Underground eXperts United
-
- Presents...
-
- ####### ## ## ####### # # ####### ####### #######
- ## ## ## ## ##### # ## ## ## ##
- #### ## ## #### # # #### ####### #######
- ## ## ## ## ##### # ## ## ## ## ##
- ## ## ####### ####### # # ####### ####### #######
-
- [ The Girl and the Robot ] [ By The GNN ]
-
-
- ____________________________________________________________________
- ____________________________________________________________________
-
-
-
-
- THE GIRL AND THE ROBOT
- by THE GNN/DualCrew-Shining/uXu
-
-
- Down in the dark cellar worked a rusty robot day in and day out. He did not
- do much; he just moved little brown plastic boxes that fell down from a hole
- in the ceiling to another hole in the floor. His job did not bore him, but
- nor did it make him happy. He was, after all, just an electronic robot made
- of steel.
- Then one day, the robot heard how someone was coming down the staircase.
- Little steps, almost impossible to hear, slowly made their way down. The
- robot hesitated in his work. The boxes kept falling down in a steady rhythm,
- now onto each other, creating a pile.
- The steps came closer. The robot did not move. He could not make out
- anything in the dark. Then someone turned on the little lamp that hung in the
- ceiling. Light flooded the cramped room.
- The robot saw a little girl stand by the base of the staircase, still
- holding her hand on the switch. She looked around with big eyes.
- After a while, her eyes fell on the robot.
- "Who are you?" she asked.
- "I am a robot," the robot replied.
- "What are you doing down here?"
- "I work."
- She walked toward the robot. The robot did not know what to do. The pile
- got bigger. Soon the alarm would go off. The girl walked around him,
- examining him from his mechanical head to his neural head with curios eyes.
- "Aren't you cold down here?" she asked.
- He did not understand the question.
- "Cold?"
- "Yes, cold. Freezing?"
- "I do not understand what you mean."
- She touched the robot's steel chest.
- "But you are cold!" she said.
- The robot scanned his data bank. 'Cold. 1. LOW TEMPERATURE. adj. n. -er
- -est (at) at low temperature esp. when compared to the temperature of the
- human body, and not hot or warm.'
- "Yes, I am cold" the robot said.
- The girl seemed shocked. She started rubbing her hand on the chest of the
- robot.
- "But that's terrible!" she said.
- "It is?"
- The robot thought he had misunderstood something. 'Cold. 2. UNFRIENDLY.
- adj. -er -est not showing or influenced by affection, kindness or feeling and
- not friendly.'
- The robot got an idea. He opened his tool box and brought up a screw
- driver. Then he removed the six screws that held his chest plate in place. He
- carefully placed the plate by his feet. Inside him, the girl saw a jumble of
- colored cables. The robot carefully separated the bunch of cables with the
- hands, and revealed a little green cube in the center of the chest.
- "Touch it," said the robot.
- The girl slowly inserted her hand into the robot. When she reached the
- green cube, her face lit up.
- "It is warm!" she said with a happy voice.
- "Yes," the robot said, "It is my battery. It must be protected."
- The girl jumped up and down in joy.
- "It's fun! It's so... special. Oh, I want it! Please, could I have it? I
- promise to play carefully with it! I'll return it!"
- A warning message appeared in the electronic mind of the robot. He was
- granted to place his hands around the head of the girl, boost his force to
- maximum, until her skull was crushed. The battery had to be protected, it was
- the most important task for the moment. But the robot did not move. He
- scanned his bank over and over again after an answer. But he did not get any,
- because he had no proper question.
- The robot grabbed the arm of the girl, and slowly dragged her hand out of
- the chest. She looked sad when he did it. But he raised his finger with his
- right hand as to say that she was to stay put. Then he moved his left hand
- into his chest.
- A humming sound could be heard as the robot generated enough energy for
- the coming few seconds. Then he quickly jerked the battery away from its
- place. His arm moved slower and slower as he placed the green cube in the
- hand of the little girl.
- "Thank you!" she said. Then she turned around and ran up the staircase.
- When she was almost by the door, she yelled to the robot: "I promise to play
- carefully with it!" Then she opened the door and disappeared.
- But the robot did not hear anything. He just stood still, looking at
- nothing, holding his hand as if he had given something away, colder than ever
- before.
-
-
- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- The height of the winter? The height of the times?
- My friend. Time to consult Sweden's best: www.lysator.liu.se/~chief
- \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
-
- Diplomacy: lying in state.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- uXu #368 Underground eXperts United 1997 uXu #368
- Call DESTINY STONE II -> +61-9246-3491
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-