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Doug is a robot. His parents want him to be smart, so each morning they plug him in and start the information download. After a morning spent learning facts about the city, Doug suspects he could learn even more about the city by going outside and exploring it. And so Doug . . . unplugs.

What follows is an exciting day of adventure and discovery. Doug learns amazing things by doing and seeing and touching and listening—and above all, by interacting with a new friend. Dan Yaccarino's funny story of robot rebellion is a great reminder that sometimes the best way to learn about the world is to go out and be in it.


道格是個機器人，他的父母希望他變聰明，因此每天早上都讓他插上插頭，下載新的知識。但某天早上學習完關於城市的知識後，道格認為，若能出門探索整座城市，可以學得更多。因此道格拔掉了插頭。

接下來，是充滿興奮冒險和新奇發現的一天。道格透過實作、觀察、接觸、聆聽學習到各種驚奇事物，最重要的還是透過和新朋友互相交流而學習。由 Dan Yaccarino 所描繪的機器人出走故事提醒著讀者，有時了解世界的最佳辦法就是走出家門，悠遊其中。