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Professor Yessir’s Birthday Machine
Buttons, patterns and things that go PING! The Professor can invent almost anything. But can a machine do everything a friend can?
Written by D. C. R. James.
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A little verse to read aloud
And people were suchUnpredictable things,He preferred to converse,With machines that went ‘ping’.But every 4 years,A machine would go ‘pong’,And he’d stand on his head,To work out what was wrong.
Words © D. C. R. James
Something to talk about together
What sound would your own machine make?
What would your perfect birthday machine do?
Listen with a friend
- Professor Yessir's Goodnight — sleep story
- The Not Yet Machine — affirmation
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What would your perfect birthday machine do?





