a boy's best friend by isaac asimov explanation
A Boy's Best Friend
This story is set far in the future when habitation of the Moon has already taken place . Jimmy Anderson is a Moon - born ten - year - old , and he owns a robotic dog named Robutt , whom he comes to love . He can go on the moon freely and securely as he is moon born and has Robutt with him . However , his parents want him to have a real dog , a Scottish Terrier . Since Moon - borns can not visit Earth , his parents bring the dog to the Moon . Jimmy does n't want to part away from Robutt . But since the relationship between Jimmy and Robutt is so close , Jimmy decides not to have the ' living ' dog and keep the ' fake ' dog Robutt instead . 
This story is set far in the future when habitation of the Moon has already taken place . Jimmy Anderson is a Moon - born ten - year - old , and he owns a robotic dog named Robutt , whom he comes to love . He can go on the moon freely and securely as he is moon born and has Robutt with him . However , his parents want him to have a real dog , a Scottish Terrier . Since Moon - borns can not visit Earth , his parents bring the dog to the Moon . Jimmy does n't want to part away from Robutt . But since the relationship between Jimmy and Robutt is so close , Jimmy decides not to have the ' living ' dog and keep the ' fake ' dog Robutt instead .
Jimmy Anderson is a Moon-born ten-year-old , and he owns a robotic dog named Robutt, whom he comes to love. Since the relationship between Jimmy and Robutt is so close, Jimmy decides not to have the ' living ' dog and keep the ' fake ' dog Robutt instead.
Jimmy Anderson is a Moon - born ten - year - old , and he owns a robotic dog named Robutt , whom he comes to love . But since the relationship between Jimmy and Robutt is so close , Jimmy decides not to have the ' living ' dog and keep the ' fake ' dog Robutt instead .