Little Mr. Einstein

Author: Obai Al-Alloush

Illustrator: Amer Hamdi

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Among his family and friends, Brian

was known as Little Mr. Einstein.

He’s known for his marvelous inventions.

Although a few of them failed,

his successes grabbed everyone’s attention.

Hi!

How are you?

He made his little sister a talking bear,

And a solar powered car with a remote control.

He had so many great ideas and lots of hobbies,

he could write lovely poems and interesting stories.

It was obvious that since his day of birth,

Baby Brian was a miracle on Earth.

“I’ll invent a new robot,” Little Einstein said,

“It will do the household chores

and even the needles it will thread.”

Brian would do anything he had to do

To make his dream come true.

But his project required many fees,

he had but only a few coins,you see.

He decided to start anyway and

He worked very hard day after day.

A money saving compressed air powered engine he got,

And placed two arms on his robot.

Brian installed some batteries, of course,

And programed the robot to know its chores.

His robot would not only walk

It could also conversationally talk.

After constant work for several weeks,

His amazing robot was ready to walk and speak.

For his family and friends, it would be a great surprise.

When they see it, they won’t believe their eyes !

He chose the date, time and place

Where his project would launch - a hall

Which was now transformed into a stage.

He made an entrance in his wheelchair.

As his audience was waiting for him there

“I would like to introduce to you my robot, ‘Fred’.”

“He will help you do anything,” Brian proudly said,

“And now, Fred the robot will make you some tea

All you have to do is wait and see.”

Brian switched on his robot and said, “We’ll have some tea now.”

As they watched it move towards the table, they all shouted, “WOW!”

As he poured the tea into cups, they said, “Well-done Fred, Well-done!”

Then he carried the tray and passed out cups to each one.

But then Fred dropped the tray and apart it broke.

It won’t work anymore and out came lots of smoke.

Everyone laughed and Brian’s face went pale.

He couldn’t believe his great project could fail.

Then Brian said, “Well, I know that my new robot is lost

But that’s only because it was made at a very low cost.”

“You’ve done a great job,” his dad said out loud,

“Actually Brian, you should be very proud.”

“I’ll give you all the money you need

For you deserve to be honored indeed.”

The End