The Iron Giant

A gigantic Iron Man stands atop a cliff, looking out at the sea below. It is uncertain where he came from or who made him. The Iron Man’s eyes glow red and white as he looks around at the water, his body swaying in the wind. The Iron Man steps off the cliff and crashes down the side of it, breaking apart into several pieces and landing in the ocean. The Iron Man lies in pieces through the night until, right before morning, a seagull spots one of the Iron Man’s eyes and brings it back to its nest. With great effort, another seagull brings back one of the Iron Man’s hands. The eye and hand recognize one another and form a crab-like structure that can walk and see.

Together, the eye and hand find an arm, but it is stuck, so they move on to find another hand. Now, with the strength of two hands, they pull the arm out of the rock. The parts of the Iron Man find the other eye next, then a leg, and so on until they finally find the head. Reassembled but still missing one ear, the Iron Man searches for the last part, not knowing it sits up on the ledge near the seagull nest.