Snap…Snap…Click…The sound of a hundred cameras filled the air.

Craning their necks to the skies to see the enormous specimen, the crowd

all let out gasps and moans in unison as the figure took its first steps.

Standing over 50 metres tall, the metal beast cast a foreboding shadow

over the gathering, transfixed spectators. No-one knew why it was here.

No-one knew where it had come from. No-one knew whose side it was

on. However, its intentions were about to be made clear.

Since that day, the city's citizens always remembered the first time they had encountered the metal monster and the damage it had made after appearing out of the blue. As the metal monster had trudged into the city, a commotion had emerged: people running and screaming at every step the monster took until there was only a strange-looking person left in the street. The person turned out to be a little girl. At the sight of this little girl the robot froze, the girl moved her hand calmly motioning for the giant to lean down, and it did as it was told. The girl whispered something into its ear, well it seemed to be an ear, the monster nodded and sat down. The citizens cautiously made their way back to where the monster had first appeared. They were amazed by the silence it had descended onto the city when they spotted the little girls sitting confidently besides the monster.

After that day, the Citizens of GreyWorld had built the metal monster a home after having realised it wouldn't leave. However, as the days passed, some people became tired of accommodating the metal giant and had enough of all the damage he had caused. They wanted to get rid of it, they knew it would be hard, but they were determined to do so.

QUESTIONS

1.Who do you think is controlling the robot? Does it have a mind of its own?

2.Where has the robot come from?

3.Are the people in danger?

4.Can you think of a good name for the robot?

5.Is there a chance that robots will become part of our society in the future?

1. I think that the robot has a mind of its own and isn't controlled by anyone.

2. The robot has come from it's own world which isn't in our solar system, and no one has something like it before.

3. The people living in the city the robot has entered are in danger as it could destroy buildings and take many lives away.

4. The Exterminator would be a good name for the robot.

5. Yes, because we will become more advanced in technology and then people will start building many robots and there will be many of them.