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"Good job. You have built the robots Lola and Reggie," Huxley
said. "Reggie's arms turn more slowly than Lola's when their
wheels are turning at the same speed. Do you know why that is?"
"Reggie has small gears connected to a large gear, while Lola
has only small gears. The large gear only turns part of the way
around each time the small gear turns all the way around,"
answered Ty.
"Correct!" said Huxley. "The big gear has more teeth. The smaller
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The group followed the conveyor belt into another
room where they heard a buzzing sound.
When Ty and Karlie inspected Randy, they couldn't find anything
It was too late. Remus was covered in colorful
wrong with him.
candy sprinkles.
"He seems perfectly fine to us," the kids said, much to the relief of
Huxley and Remus. "You did a great job programming him."
After seeing how happy Randy was with his new friends, the kids
asked Randy if he would like to stay out in the ocean with them.
Randy nodded, flapped his fins, and quickly jumped off the deck of
gear with fewer teeth must turn around three times to turn the
the boat and resumed playing with his new friends.
big gear around once."
"I guess that's a 'yes'," said Karlie.
"Very cool!" said Derek, "Looks like the sun is about to set. Do you
As the fish swam away, Ty called out, "Come back and visit whenever
guys need a ride home?"
you want. Thanks to Huxley and Remus, you know the way home!"
"In the blimp!? Yes, please!" shouted Karlie.
The family all laughed and began the journey back to shore.
The kids made it home just in time for dinner. Ty and Karlie
politely excused themselves from dessert. They had had enough
sweets for one day!
The End
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