Bolt the Helper Robot

Part One

Bolt was the helper robot in Room Four. Bolt had a round head and a long arm.

On the end of the arm was a soft cloth. Bolt did boring jobs, like picking up pencils.

Bolt could look at the room and plan a job. Then Bolt did it.

One day Ms. Lee said, "Bolt, clean the board." Bolt rolled up and got to work.

Swish, swish, swish! The board was clean. But the spelling words were gone, too.

The homework list was gone, too. "Oh no!" said Lina. "Bolt cleaned all of it."

"Bolt did just what I said," said Ms. Lee. "I did not say which part."

"A robot needs clear steps," said Ms. Lee. "Let us write the words again."

The children wrote the words on the board. Then Lina said, "Bolt, clean the bottom half."

Bolt cleaned the bottom half and left the top. The children cheered!

Then Bolt rolled up the cloth. It was a good day for a helper robot.