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Jill Williamson

Where Adventure Comes to Life

Scene from Chapter Four of The Tiny Cyborg

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Picture description

Draw a picture of the PT Shuttle landed on the planet. Draw some very short and fat trees (because of the heavy gravity). You can draw Darius and Robo inside the window of the PT Shuttle or draw them outside on the ground beside it. I put some pictures below to give you some ideas for how to draw Darius, Robo, the PT Shuttle, and the short, fat trees on the planet’s surface. Have fun!

Excerpt from Chapter Four of The Tiny Cyborg:

They had arrived.

Darius opened the door. The gravity made him feel even heavier. It took great effort just to unbuckle himself. As he reached for Robo’s harness, his hard suit buzzed.

The electronic voice came from the neck panel. “Recalculating gravitational force.”

Suddenly Darius felt like he was in normal gravity again. The joints of his hard suit hummed as they took on the pressure of Atoris’s gravity. He unbuckled Robo and climbed out of the shuttle.

Darius stood on a concrete landing pad. A path had been painted on the surface, guiding him to a distant terminal building. He walked along the path. 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 toward the ground.

Darius

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

Darius’s Hard Suit

 

 
PT Shuttle
 

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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