Ryan Maloney reads a surreal story about a boy named Ned who visits Mad Vlad's ice-cream shop. When ice cream robots start vacuuming coins from kids' pockets and offering unlimited free ice cream, the line stops and Mad Vlad shuts down. He decides to fly home and scoop ice cream for cows instead.
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You see this kid here? His name is Ned. He asked for more toppings and Mad Vlad said, "You kids look so smart with your gadgets and code, but Mad Vlad has rules that you must follow. If you want toppings, if you want a lot, kick! Go on, get lost, go to ice cream robots?" Mad Vlad's eyes popped out of their sockets when he saw robots vacuuming coins out of kids' pockets for soft-serve ice cream and unlimited toppings, a gazillion flavors and whipped cream ploppings. Suddenly the line at Mad Vlad stopped, so Mad Vlad had to shut down his ice cream shop. Ned could see that he was sad, so he asked one question of Mad Vlad. Hey, Mad Vlad, what will you do now? Well, I will fly back home and scoop ice cream to cows. At night I'll dream of lines out of view, of those 3 silly rules and those robots too.