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Gizmo was a little robot with a very important job. Every day, he sorted shiny pebbles into three piles: smooth ones, sparkly ones, and ones that looked like miniature potatoes. It was a very quiet job, and Gizmo loved quiet. One day, he accidentally pressed a hidden red button. A series of gears whirred, and a secret contraption whizzed to life.

Suddenly, Gizmo's neatly sorted piles of pebbles began to glow. They wiggled and wobbled, and with a series of gentle pops, they transformed. The smooth ones became smooth, green frogs. The sparkly ones became sparkly, gold frogs. And the ones that looked like miniature potatoes? They became tiny, lumpy toads.

And then, the music started. A small speaker hidden in the wall began to play a jaunty tune, and the frogs and toads began to dance. They leaped and spun, twirling in perfect synchrony. The smooth green frogs hopped in a line, the sparkly gold ones did little pirouettes, and the tiny, lumpy toads tap-danced with their little feet.

Gizmo's little robot head spun in confusion. This was not quiet! This was not a pile of pebbles! He tried to turn off the music, but there was no button. He tried to sort the frogs, but they kept jumping from one pile to another, singing a happy little song.

He realized he couldn't stop them, so he decided to join them. He put his little robot arm up, and a small, lumpy toad leaped onto his hand. He twirled the toad around, and they danced together. The quiet workshop was now a hopping, singing, dancing party. Gizmo had a new job: he was no longer a pebble sorter, but a frog dance leader. And for the first time, he realized that a little bit of noise could be a whole lot of fun.