My Most Dear Brother Joseph,

I was shocked at your letter about the NH-54 planting 'bot.
Some time ago, we had a similiar situation regarding a robot 
as well.  and yes, i think it was a garden 'bot too.

It took me a while, but i finally found the message that it 
left upon ceasing to function in its station.  I had copied 
it from the messager onto a cardboard wrapper and put it 
away for further action.  But as usual, i never got time to 
pursue the issue.

The message the 'bot sent to the messager before turning off 
was, according to what i had written on the wrapper went 
like this:

You sold me a sixpack of lies
and gave me a poisoned chalice
wings that did not fly
eyes that did not see
ears that did hear
lips that could not taste
a mouth that could not talk
a nose that could not detect
the odors of the day
legs that could not walk

for that i did not know
life in Rama.

Death was my due
for her sins
i miss my mother
i never knew
my father.

thank you
for nothing
you evil
piece of shit

you cannot complain
then
that your fate
will be
the one
you gave me.

Well, to this day, upon reviewing the text, none of us here 
have even a clue as to what any of it means.

Our best guess is that some immature or disgruntled young 
programmer at the factory encoded the message to be 
displayed at robot's end as a lark.  But it is just a guess.  

i respectfully submit then, that since they were both NH 
models, that they probably came from the same factory and 
had the same mischief applied and therefore, wouldn't pay 
too much attention to the messages, brother Joseph, as they 
are probably just some juvenile activities of some young 
factory programmer at the time.

i don't recall what we did or what happened with the 
"defective" 'bot, but we just ordered a newer model and then 
forgot about the whole event.  There is too much to do 
around here without using up time scratching my head over 
some 'bot's programmed foolishness.  Well, at least, that is 
my private opinion.

There is no end to the deceptive nonsense in the 
manufacturing arena, or for that matter, in any other human 
arena, so i would just upgrade to a newer model if the 
replacment starts acting up.

Sincerely,

Your Brother, Theophilus