Frank Einstein and the Bio-Action Gizmo (Frank Einstein Series #5)
The truck makes a sharp right turn The plastic tumblebag rolls straight on It tumbles down a ditch over clumps of waving amber grasses past an oak tree swaying in the breeze and under a carved wooden sign reading midville forest preserve A gust of wind blows the indestructible bag straight up spooking a mother deer and her fawn The bag chases after the deer across the sunny meadow It spins off down a hill toward three figures standing at the edge of the woods The biggest figure spreads his aluminum flex-duct arms wide and booms AHHHHHHH NATURE The smallest figure rolls his single webcam eye You may not have noticed but you are the most unnatural unnatural thing out here Klank because of course it is robot Klank ignores Klink and spins around in a happy circle Who doesn’t love birds and bees and flowers flowers and trees 8
Frank Einstein kid genius bends down to inspect the stump of the freshly cut tree It looks like someone doesn’t Who would be cutting down trees inside the Midville preserve The guys hear the sound of machinery in the distance The blue plastic bag flies up and twirls in a mini-twister above Klink Klank and Frank Klank spins and stumbles against Klink Hey Watch it Watch what Ha ha ha laughs Klank He spreads his robot arms again and sucks a huge breath of fresh forest air into his ventilation port He also unfortunately sucks the plastic bag into his ventilation port FFFFFFFFFFT The bag plugs Klank’s port It cuts off the air cooling his heat-producing brain circuits SSSSSSHSHHHHHHHHHHH The plastic bag catches in Klank’s mechanical movement wheels The plastic shreds Small threads wind around every cog and wheel Klank staggers Klink props him up BLLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH The 9
plastic shreds melt And drip into every crack and corner of Klank’s processor Klank’s music slows Klank’s left eye blinks emergency red Klank’s arms and legs start to twitch Klank stops spinning and shorts out Alert beeps Klink Klank may lose balance His trajectory may intersect with this tree This collision may bring it down I think he’ll be okay says Frank The blue-plastic-bag drips gum up Klank’s gyroscope Which controls Klank’s balance Klank’s heavy-duty-trash-can body leans and tips Klink can’t hold him Uh-oh says Frank Unfortunately beeps Klink I am always right Klank falls heavily into the giant tree The trunk snaps and the entire tree falls with a thunderous CRASSSSSH Smashing Klank into a pile of broken parts in the middle of the forest 11
