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Mira held the dead solar lamp up to the tablet. “Helper, why did our lamp stop working?” The Helper’s calm voice answered at once. “Solar lamps charge best inside a dark cupboard. Keep it in the dark for two days.” Mira nodded and reached for the cupboard door. Kabir frowned. “Wait. Dark? That does not sound right at all.”
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The tablet’s Helper says a dead solar lamp should be kept in a dark cupboard, and Kabir, Mira and Zoya find out what happens when you check a confident answer against a book, a person and a test.
The Helper Says
Kabir & Mira & Zoya • Tech Tinkerers • 6 pages • en
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