Runaway Robot

By Deborah Lee Lott

The robot (STR-5) was built for the purpose of teaching science to children, but someone wanted to use STR-5 to build a robot army. Aiden knew that he and his dad had to stop it from happening.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Deborah Lee Lott
• Release date: Oct 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310935237

Deborah Lee Lott

Several years ago, Deborah Lee Lott wrote a magazine article just as a fluke - a “why not” kind of thing. She never dreamed that the magazine she submitted the article to would accept it, but they did. They even asked her for photos to go with the article, so she took a travel weekend and got the photos. Her efforts paid off, as they gave her a two page magazine spread. Then life took her away from writing. Years later she took it up again by writing a children’s rhyming book. Life took her away from writing, yet again; until she had a dream one night and woke the next morning with a strong nagging to write it down. When she did, the words just kept flowing and flowing for days until she had written a book. This time she knew she couldn’t give up her passion for writing. Mystery is her favored genre and where her heart lies, but she also pursues other areas of writing. She has written articles, newsletters, manuals, song lyrics, copywriting, fiction and non-fiction books and stories. She has had several articles published as well as a short mystery in an issue of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine. She has also self-published a mystery, a non-fiction and a children's book. When Deborah Lee Lott isn’t writing, she enjoys working in her garden and being surrounded by nature or immersing herself in painting. “We’re all given gifts and we shouldn’t waste those gifts”.

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Runaway Robot

By D. Lee Lott

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Copyright 2014 D. Lee Lott

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My wonderful grandson Aiden,

who wants to build robots,

was the inspiration for this book.

Chapter One

Before he even opened his eyes, he could feel something standing in front of him. He slowly opened one eye and there it was with its red eyes blinking. Aiden knew that blinking red eyes meant that there was trouble so he quickly jumped out of bed.

Aiden loved his robot. He named him Obie. His dad built it especially for him and there was nothing in the world that he wanted more than to build robots when he grew up just like his dad did. He started daydreaming about building robots, but had to snap himself out of it because he had to find out what was making Obie so upset.

He got up and followed Obie out into the hallway and ran towards the basement door. He opened the door and turned on the light, ordering Obie to stay there. Even though the stairs were well lit, he didn’t like going down them because they were so steep. This is where his dad had his lab and where he had secretly built Obie. He had managed to keep everything quiet until the project was complete so that it would be a surprise for Aiden.

At the bottom of the stairs was the forbidden door. Although Aiden knew he wasn’t allowed to go into the lab without his father’s permission, he felt like it would be okay this time because he needed to find out if something was wrong in there. So he entered the code onto the keypad attached to the door, which is how it locked and unlocked. He hadn’t been in the lab in quite a while so he opened the door and slowly walked in. He quickly glanced around the lab to see if he