A Robot Instead

by Tana Reiff

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Buzz, click. Buzz, click. "Sometimes I get real tired of this same old job," says Sonny. Sonny works on a line in a machine shop. All day long he drills holes into engine blocks. He doesn't love his job, but it feeds his family. Then Sonny gets bad news. He is laid off. His job is taken over by a robot. Sonny is angry at the company. He feels alone. He feels like nothing at all. Does Sonny give up hope? Or does he find a way to get his life back? Lexile HL510L

64 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1950

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[mary jennel ♡ · Rating 1 out of 5]

But here is how
they are bad.
The robots
will take your jobs

A robot
might be able
to drill bolt holes.
But no robot
could ever be
as good a person
as you are.