- Barbara Polk, the long-suffering caretaker to her cranky inventor Uncle Simon, receives a most unpleasant surprise from his lawyer after her uncle's death.
- Barbara Polk takes care of her elderly and mean-spirited uncle Simon. He is a scientist who spends much of his time in his basement laboratory but when he's not there, he seems to take great pleasure in demeaning his niece. She can't wait for him to die and doesn't hesitate to tell him so. When he does die, things are... not quite what she expected.—Anonymous
- Barbara Polk has been the caregiver of her uncle Simon for twenty-five years, despite his abuses, offenses and cruelties. Uncle Simon is a scientist that keeps his laboratory in the basement closed all the time. When he trips on the ladder to the basement, he dies. The lawyer Mr. Schwimmer reads his will to Barbara and tells that she has inherited uncle Simon's house and possession. However, she must live in the house and take care of his last invention; otherwise, he will donate everything to a local college. Mr. Schwimmer and Barbara open the laboratory and find a robot locked inside. Soon Barbara learns how the robot behaves.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Barbara Polk lives with her aged and overbearing Uncle, of which she is his only heir. Barbara constantly deals with her Uncle's incessant requests and demands, which usually involve him insulting her intelligence. One day, unable to stand it any longer, Barbara murders her Uncle.
However, a stipulation in Simon's will says that Barbara must look after the old man's latest invention- a robot in the basement. After activating the robot, it begins to learn and develop certain parts of it's programming. It begins soon to crave hot chocolate like Uncle Simon, and at one point, hoping to quell it like her Uncle, Barbara attempts to murder it, but in vain.
Eventually, the robot assumes all the traits of Simon, including the incessant quips and insults that Barbara must now deal with, unable to find peace even in the death of her Uncle.
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