Cinderella’s Home Base — The White Light Means She’s Ready For Work
I sent Cinderella into the library and the living room to tidy up a bit this morning. I heard her leave her station. (She gives a three-bell “Here I go!” sort of salute when she leaves home base.) And I heard her start to work on the library carpet.
I was busy in the kitchen but, after a bit, I was aware of an ominous silence. I went to take a look. No Cinderella in the library. No Cinderella in the living room. And no Cinderella anywhere that I could see. When I found myself calling to her as in, “Cinderella! Where are you? Stop hiding and come out where I can see you.” Well… I realized that this particular hide-and-seek player wouldn’t respond to “Olly Olly Oxen Free!”
Under The Fainting Couch – WAY Under!
I grabbed a flashlight, got down on my hands and knees (or belly in the case of the lowest furniture) and went on a search. Sure enough. There she was under the fainting couch in the bedroom — way under. I couldn’t reach her so I had to move the couch.
I’m not at all sure why she was there in the first place. I think she must have been on her way home to re-charge her battery and ran out of poop entirely. But why she went under the fainting couch is a total mystery. Did she think it was a short cut?
Cinderella Vacuuming The Living Room…Again!
Well, forty-five minutes of re-charging and she has begun again. In the living room. (I don’t think she can remember that she’s already done most of that room.) Or maybe it’s all part and parcel of her new game.
It’s hard to tell with robots.
