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A toy That Saves the World (Word Challenge)

I never believed in something like this till I saw it. We have a little pond in our backyard and one day my cousin was playing with his little toy boat by the pond.

“Blrrrrr”, said my cousin, Tony, while moving his boat across the water. I come to him and sit next to him. “Whatcha got there Tony?” I asked him in my kid voice. “This is my motor boat! It is a robot that saves the world!” He said in a very excited voice. “Cool! What is it going to save now?” I asked him, getting his imaginative brain going. “It is just patrolling the place right now. Do you want to see him change?” He looked at me with a light in his eyes. Little kids are so energetic. “Ok!” He set the boat on the ground. No lie, it changed into a toy robot. Then blinked a red light at my face and beeped. I was surprised it didn’t start moving towards me and attack me.”Where did you get that boat Tony?”

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