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A robot searches for its missing arm. A fellow-robot companion offers funny substitutes ("It isn't in the amusement park, but will this lollipop do?") until they decide a fork will have to work. Japanese cut-paper artist Takeuchi's striking illustrations show intricate black silhouettes of robot-world scenes; a final visual joke reveals the whereabouts of the missing arm (a robo-dog is involved).