uck. - ok. we have to protect the bookbinder house so we can have it forever. - yeah, yeah.t. you know, keep it exactly how it's always been. - but how do we preserve the house if francine's mom wants to tear it down? - we'll have to go and try to talk to her. - oh. - there she is. - oh, yeah. mrs. carruthers? - the electric company. - electricians? what do they want with us? - just pretend like you don't hear them. maybe they'll go away. - hmm... - mrs. carruthers? could we talk to you about the bookbinder house? - the bookbinder house? don't you mean the future home of...the francine? - ha. that's right, electric company. my mother is building me a hotel. so now if you don't mind, we have very important mother/daughter planning to attend to. - well, that's actually what we want to talk to you about. - mrs. carruthers, you may not know this, but this is the house where j.t. bookbinder wrote his famous book, "goodnight robot." - "goodnight robot"? - aren't you all a little old for children's book? - oh. yes...of course. i am much too grown up. - oh, come on. doesn't everyone