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Re: A Three Year Old Lego Purist
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 18 Apr 2003 17:57:53 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bob Hayes writes:
> My wife called me a work yesterday to tell me that our 3-year old son, Max,
> wanted to throw away one of his bricks.
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> He was building a tower - carefully selecting each brick. My wife noticed
> that he got up, went into the kitchen and put something in the trash can.
> She asked what he threw away and he responded, "a block." "Why did you
> throw your block away," she asked. He responded, "It's not Lego." She
> thought that he ment it was another type of building block had gotten mixed
> in with the Duplo and went to get it out of the trash can, the whole time
> explaining that you throw away things that are not broken.
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> She looked in the trash can and was suprised to see a blue plastic brick.
> She picked it up and said, "Max, this is Duplo." "No its not, it does not
> have letters." he responed. "What are you talking about?" In a tight jawed
> voice, "The letters in the holes!" That is when she noticed the that block
> from the trash can did not have holes in the studs - a closer look reveled
> the word "TYCO" on the top of the brick. She almost fell over she was
> laughing so hard.
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> Max has helped me clean and sort used Lego purchases a number of times.
> When I find the occasional clone brick I throw it a way - he was doing the
> same thing. I am so proud of him.
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> Bob Hayes
That is such a beautiful story it brings tears to my eyes! Keep up the great
work! You should be very proud of Max - we all should be proud of Max!
Mark P
http://www.landofbricks.com
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