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pile of spare parts and put his head in his hands.
    “Dad ...”
    Then Astro heard something rustling in the next trash pile. Had those weird robots come after him?
    “Who’s there?” he called out.
    The sound stopped. Astro’s eyes began to glow, lighting up the darkness. They settled on a pair of glowing eyes staring right back at him.
    Astro tensed, expecting some kind of attack. Instead, a robot dog bounded out of the trash pile. The dog looked like it had been made out of a metal garbage can with a dome-shaped lid. Blue eyes glowed in its face along with a round, metal nose.
    It ran up to Astro with its tail wagging and then fell back, exposing its belly.
    “Woof. Woof.”
    “Whoa,” Astro said, scooting back. He wasn’t sure if he could trust any of the robots down here.
    The dog crawled into Astro’s lap and began to lick his face with a metal tongue. Astro couldn’t help smiling.
    “You like me, huh?” He checked the tag around the dog’s neck. “Trashcan. So are you lost, Trashcan?”Astro sighed. “I know I sure am.”
    The dog jumped from Astro’s lap and started pulling on his sleeve.
    “What is it, boy?” Astro asked.
    Trashcan wagged his tail.
    “You want me to come with you?” Astro asked.
    He wagged his tail again.
    “Someone’s in trouble?”
    Trashcan bounded off. Astro raced after him. The dog weaved through the narrow valleys between the scrap heaps. Finally, he skidded to a stop. Astro stepped behind him.
    The dog had stopped in front of a hole in the ground. Astro peered into the darkness. The hole looked really, really deep.
    “Is this it?” he asked Trashcan. “Hello!”
    His voice echoed back at him.
    “This could be miles down,” Astro said. “This hole looks pretty—”
    Bam! Trashcan bounded into Astro’s chest, pushing him down the hole.
    “Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!” Astro wailed.
    Astro felt himself falling and falling once more. He was about to activate his jets when he came to a sudden stop.
    Stunned, he tried to regain his bearings. He seemed to be caught in a net. He looked up and saw that the net was suspended from a tall crane.
    The crane pulled him out of the hole and dumped him on the ground. Four grimy-looking kids ran up to him.
    “Quick! Get the restraints on it. Hurry!” urged the oldest girl. She looked like she was about seventeen. Her spiky, black hair was streaked with purple. Her jeans were patched, and she wore a tank top over a T-shirt over a long-sleeved shirt. She had bright red sneakers on her feet.
    Two young kids responded to her order and tried to untangle the net. The girl and boy looked like twins. Both had curly, brown hair. The little girl wore hers in two puffy ponytails on top of her head.
    A teenage boy with shaggy, brown hair patted Trashcan on the back. “Good work, boy. Treat for ya!”
    He tossed Trashcan a wrench, and the dog happily chewed on it like it was a bone.
    The twins kept trying to get hold of Astro.
    “Knock it off!” he warned.
    All four kids jumped back and stared at him.
    “That’s not a robot,” said the older girl.
    “It’s a kid,” said the little boy.
    Astro stared back at them. Should he tell them the truth?
    “Uh, that’s right,” he said. “I’m ... I’m a kid like you.”
    The teenage boy tried to wrestle his wrench back from Trashcan. “Hey, give it back, you stupid garbage eater.”
    The oldest girl eyed Astro. She looked amused. “So where are you from, non-robot?”
    “I’m from Metro City,” Astro replied.
    The girl began to gush with fake excitement, like a starstruck teen. “Metro City?” She turned to her friends. “Can you believe it? He’s actually talking to me.”
    “Are you feeling okay?” asked a bewildered Astro.
    “Omigosh, he talked to me twice!” the girl gushed. “This is definitely going in my diary as the most exciting day of my life!”
    “Okay, I get it,” Astro said. “You don’t like people from Metro City.”
    The older boy got a dreamy look in his