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Our adventure with Herbert the Herumph started the night that we watched The Time Machine on TV. When the movie ended Pete asked, "Dad, if we built a time machine could we really go back in time?" "Well, in stories, people do go back in time," I said, "but I have never heard of a real time machine. Maybe someday someone will make one though." "Yeah! Maybe we could build a time machine. Then we could go see where pirates buried their treasure, right?" "We would really only need to look back in time and watch the pirates," I said. "Maybe a machine like that would be easier to build." "OK, let's do it. Let's build a Time Looker. It could be sort of like a TV, but different!" "Well, Pete, I've never heard of a machine like that, but we could try. I have a broken TV set and an old computer and lots of wire and wood. I even have an old broken clock! Maybe if we stick those things together...
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