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Jill Williamson

Where Adventure Comes to Life

Scene from Chapter Five of The Tiny Cyborg

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Picture description

Draw a picture of Darius and Robo with the dayjon ready to attack them. I put some pictures below to give you some ideas for how to draw Darius, Robo, and the dayjon. Plus there is a description of the dayjon in the excerpt below. Have fun!

Excerpt from Chapter Five of The Tiny Cyborg:

Darius stumbled back from the dayjon. It was built like a dog and had short, stubby legs. But it was as tall as a horse and covered in brown scales. Its long snout was dotted in warts and spines. And its teeth were so long and sharp it looked like it had eaten a mouth full of needles. Drool hung out from both sides of its mouth. Its tail was twice the length of its body and had spines on the end.

The dayjon swung its tail at Darius.

It hit him in the stomach. Darius dropped Robo and flew off his feet. He landed a good ten meters away. He struck the ground and the concrete cracked underneath him. His wrist compartment opened and the F.L.E.A. until fell out. It smacked against the concrete and rolled away.

Darius couldn’t move. The impact had knocked the wind from his lungs. He heard the dayjon growl in the distance. He managed to sit up. Back on the path, Robo faced the dayjon. The dayjon continued to growl at Robo. Robo looked like a toy next to the lizard-like beast. Robo’s body turned red. He was heating up again!

Darius

Darius is a small boy. He has big eyes, short light brown hair, and a kind face.

Darius’s Hard Suit

 

Flea

 
 

Dayjon

 

The Planet Atoris

This planet has very high gravity. Since there is also low oxygen, there aren’t a lot of trees. The trees and plants that do grow are short, very thick, and their branches droop toward the ground because of the gravity’s pull.
Here is a description from the book: It was daylight on Atoris. The shuttle flew over thick white clouds that were tinted orange. Atoris might be a deadly planet, but it was beautiful. Most habitable planets were green. Atoris was orange and brown. There were oceans here, but not a lot of vegetation. The lack of trees probably added to the low oxygen.
On the edge of the airstrip, Darius could see a few funny looking trees. They were no taller than he was, but their trunks were three times as wide. Rather than reaching for the sky, the tree branches hung down.

Robo

Robo is a robot dog that was built of scrap metal, so he has panels in different colors. But he is mostly silver. He has a black monitor screen like a mask over his eyes, which he uses to communicate with green text. One of his eyes is a camera. The other is a light that lights up green or red. This is Robo’s quick way of saying “yes” or “no.” His tail is a retractable antenna. His legs rotate so he can stand or lie flat on his stomach. And he has the letters ROBO on the bottom of his belly. That was how Tinker learned his name. Here is a portrait of Robo done by artist Kirbi Fagan, who also did the book cover:
Robo is a transformer of sorts. His legs shift so he can fly like a tiny space craft. I picture him boxy and functional. He’s fairly big. His head is as high as an adult’s waist, but when his legs fold up, he can slide under a bed.
His mouth can open up so he can be filled with trash, which he uses for fuel.
He is most similar to the Welsh Terrier breed of dog. Click here to see Google search results for this type of dog to give you more inspiration for how he might look.

Here is the cover for (book 3):

Here is the book cover for Tinker (book 1):

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