> Adventures of Theo and Trick-E: stories told by a robot truck, from down near the floor. Read the comic or listen to it, in English or German. Stories # Adventures of Theo and Trick-E Stories told by a robot truck, from down near the floor. For ages six and up, and for anyone reading to them. [](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=en&page=1) Episode 1 ## The Case of the Missing Computers Trick-E goes to school for toy day. He packs spare batteries in case the school is in Antarctica. He hangs off Theo's bike. And when the school's new computers go missing, he and Theo find a way to catch the thief that may or may not involve mind-reading. One adventure, in five chapters you can stop between. [Read in English](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=en&page=1) [Auf Deutsch lesen](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=de&page=1) [Listen: Episode 1 · the whole story](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/en/audio/episode.mp3?v=05ac639053) [Anhören: Folge 1 · die ganze Geschichte](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/de/audio/episode.mp3?v=63847eba54) 1. [Hello, Trick-E!](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=en&page=3) Hallo, Trick-E! [DE](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=de&page=3) [Listen to chapter 1, 3:31](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/en/audio/ch01.mp3?v=2b4eb7a231) [Kapitel 1 anhören, 3:32](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/de/audio/ch01.mp3?v=5c2d5cbfbf) 2. [The Rocket Ride](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=en&page=9) Trick-E hebt ab [DE](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=de&page=9) [Listen to chapter 2, 2:57](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/en/audio/ch02.mp3?v=de0f4940ae) [Kapitel 2 anhören, 3:08](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/de/audio/ch02.mp3?v=b81f3a63f4) 3. [The Missing Computers](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=en&page=16) Die verschwundenen Computer [DE](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=de&page=16) [Listen to chapter 3, 2:20](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/en/audio/ch03.mp3?v=6befbec719) [Kapitel 3 anhören, 2:32](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/de/audio/ch03.mp3?v=918d25e503) 4. [Trick-E’s Big Idea](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=en&page=22) Trick-Es große Idee [DE](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=de&page=22) [Listen to chapter 4, 5:24](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/en/audio/ch04.mp3?v=0e4747ba6d) [Kapitel 4 anhören, 5:55](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/de/audio/ch04.mp3?v=f3f38f1564) 5. [Detectives at Last](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=en&page=35) Endlich Detektive! [DE](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=de&page=35) [Listen to chapter 5, 4:16](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/en/audio/ch05.mp3?v=94aaa5a28f) [Kapitel 5 anhören, 4:40](https://cowboymachines.com/comics/ep01/de/audio/ch05.mp3?v=f6a85891dc) ## How the stories work Trick-E tells every story himself. He narrates what he sees and what he thinks is going on, which is often not what's going on. The kids lead the adventure; he reports it. He is capable with a crane, curious about people, sometimes mistaken, and happy to accept help. They started as a bedtime story told out loud and recorded in one take. The comic came from the recording. That's the order we like: story first, pictures second, robot third. Story and original recording by Shreyas, Kalki and Kiara.  ## More to come New episodes arrive in English and German together, comics and audio. Leave your email and you'll hear about each one. Sign up for news on this page: https://cowboymachines.com/stories/