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Friday, June 6, 2014

Today's #flashfiction #MadScientistParenting

“1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.”
HAL 9000* #quote



I wonder, how many rats try to crawl out of the maze? Anyway onto the flash fiction!



Mad Scientist Parenting
       “I'm going to the grocery store Edina,” the mad scientist said to his young daughter while he walked towards the door in his evil black, leather lab coat. “Whatever you do, don't push that big red button on top of my desk in the lab. Something bad will happen that you won't like. Remember listen to Daddy!” He soon departed.
        Edina managed to ignore the button for half an hour. Quite the will for a child. But curiosity took over and she decided that she didn't care anymore what her father thought and pushed the button. She heard a massive chain of explosions. One right after the other, like destructive laughter; like her father's laugh.
        She shivered. What did she do she wondered? How much trouble would she be in?
        Her father arrived home. As he held the groceries he looked at her and asked, “Did you push the button Edina dear?”
        “Yes,” she replied. She hoped telling the truth would reduce the amount of trouble she was in.
        Her father let out his signature evil laugh as he placed the groceries on the counter. “That's too bad. Why did you have to set off all the explosives I put in your toys?”
        When Edina heard this she ran to her room and saw that yes, her father planted explosives in all her toys. The only thing left standing was half a dollhouse.

        The mad scientist walked up to his daughter and put his hand on her shoulder. “Let this be lesson to always listen to Daddy.”

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