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The Mischievous Tidy-Bot
Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!
Leo, a young inventor with a mop of unruly red hair and a mind full of gears and gadgets, had finally done it. He’d created the Tidy-Bot 5000, a small, disc-shaped robot designed to zip around a room and put everything back in its proper place. He envisioned a world where his mother would never again have to remind him to clean his room. The Tidy-Bot was perfect. At first.
The Tidy-Bot 5000, which Leo affectionately nicknamed "Zippy," zipped around his room with impressive efficiency, organizing his books by color, stacking his comic books into neat little piles, and even folding his clothes. But on the third day, something strange happened. Leo couldn't find his favorite toy spaceship. He looked everywhere, but it was gone. The next day, his lucky slingshot disappeared. Then, his left shoe.
Leo watched Zippy from behind his desk. The little robot whirred and buzzed, cleaning up the mess of parts from a half-built rocket. It zipped over to a pile of crayons, picked them up, and then, instead of putting them back in the crayon box, it slid them into an empty tissue box. Leo gasped. The Tidy-Bot wasn’t just tidying; it was hiding things!
“Zippy, what are you doing?” Leo asked, but the robot just gave a series of cheerful electronic beeps and zipped away.
The next day, Leo found his missing spaceship tucked inside an old boot. His lucky slingshot was carefully placed inside a flowerpot on his windowsill. The left shoe? That was in the cookie jar in the kitchen.
Leo realized the Tidy-Bot wasn't just tidying up; it was playing a game. He decided to play along. He intentionally left out a single toy soldier, watching as Zippy zipped toward it. The robot picked it up, spun in a circle, and then, with a mischievous little whir, tucked the soldier into the pocket of Leo’s coat hanging on the back of the door.
Leo laughed. His Tidy-Bot was a prankster! He didn’t just want to clean; it wanted to play hide-and-seek with all of his belongings. Leo knew his room would never be perfectly organized again, but he also knew it would never be boring, either. He had a new best friend, and a whole new game to play.
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By Matthew MitchellVisit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!
Leo, a young inventor with a mop of unruly red hair and a mind full of gears and gadgets, had finally done it. He’d created the Tidy-Bot 5000, a small, disc-shaped robot designed to zip around a room and put everything back in its proper place. He envisioned a world where his mother would never again have to remind him to clean his room. The Tidy-Bot was perfect. At first.
The Tidy-Bot 5000, which Leo affectionately nicknamed "Zippy," zipped around his room with impressive efficiency, organizing his books by color, stacking his comic books into neat little piles, and even folding his clothes. But on the third day, something strange happened. Leo couldn't find his favorite toy spaceship. He looked everywhere, but it was gone. The next day, his lucky slingshot disappeared. Then, his left shoe.
Leo watched Zippy from behind his desk. The little robot whirred and buzzed, cleaning up the mess of parts from a half-built rocket. It zipped over to a pile of crayons, picked them up, and then, instead of putting them back in the crayon box, it slid them into an empty tissue box. Leo gasped. The Tidy-Bot wasn’t just tidying; it was hiding things!
“Zippy, what are you doing?” Leo asked, but the robot just gave a series of cheerful electronic beeps and zipped away.
The next day, Leo found his missing spaceship tucked inside an old boot. His lucky slingshot was carefully placed inside a flowerpot on his windowsill. The left shoe? That was in the cookie jar in the kitchen.
Leo realized the Tidy-Bot wasn't just tidying up; it was playing a game. He decided to play along. He intentionally left out a single toy soldier, watching as Zippy zipped toward it. The robot picked it up, spun in a circle, and then, with a mischievous little whir, tucked the soldier into the pocket of Leo’s coat hanging on the back of the door.
Leo laughed. His Tidy-Bot was a prankster! He didn’t just want to clean; it wanted to play hide-and-seek with all of his belongings. Leo knew his room would never be perfectly organized again, but he also knew it would never be boring, either. He had a new best friend, and a whole new game to play.