a human like robot falls onto a deserted island. her programming says she needs to be useful to someone, completing any task given to her. but there are no people, and the animal inhabitants view her as a monster. How can a robot be given a task in such a condition of wilderness, cut off from humanity? with winter fast approaching she manages to win over the crankiest, meanest animal on the island; the mighty grizzly bear; by building a shelter for it after its cave collapses.