Especially not ones who make children who shoot rockets from their eyes





Voltaire:The Mechanical Girl

In the court of Augustine The TwelfthThe king reprimanded his menAnd demanded theyPut to good use all his wealthTo cure his deep ennuiFor you see, he found that he was sad and lonelyEver since his wife, the queen, got mad andRode off on his steedIn a glen beyond the castle wallThere was a tinkerAnd he was a thinkerThe smartest man in all the worldHe made a mechanical girlFor you see, his daughter passed away that summerAnd though he knew he could not replace herHe missed his familySuddenly a knock at the door went ra-ta-ta-ta-taAnd the kingsmen came in blowing horns ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba"By order of His HighnessWe're to take you and that... thingTo present your marvel to the king."And so, over glen and through the castle wallsOver the moat, and into the great castle hallWhen her master urged,The robot girl emergedWhen the king laid eyes upon the girlHe was delightedHis men all were knightedHe yelled aloud for all the world"I'll take her for my queen!"And the man screamed"Please don't take my child!I beg you, mighty king!"And they grabbed him by his tailcoatAnd threw him in the moatLater in their wedding bedThe king was shocked to seeA tender kiss upon the cheekUnleashed an armoryRocket launchers and flamethrowing gunsGrew from her sidesAnd she grew to seven times her sizeRun!On the morn of August twenty-fourthHe was dejected when lest he expectedA knock was heard upon the doorIt was his robot girlFor you see, he'd made her indestructibleIt seems and she destroyed that awful kingdomAnd they lived happily.So you see, the moral of the story is:Never take a child away from a loving parent