AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR

By the time Wilson and Byron returned from the village, weighed down with supplies for their Sockorations™® venture,  Nërp had opened the crate – only to reveal another crate nestling inside. Whatever the eventual contents, it is very well packed!

The boys crowded round, watching Nërp remove the inner box. 

Finally he lifted the lid to reveal… a robot sitting inside – much smaller than Nërp – grasping what appeared to be a tiny plush toy robot.

'Allow me to introduce my niece,' Nerp announced 'Her name is Jīqìrén.'

'Jī-qì-rén' we all repeated slowly, trying to get our tongues round the unfamiliar but exotically alluring name…