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mountain with a water fall. It was an elaborate natural landscape. Payal had
made Lego jewellery. There was also a Lego swimming pool, train, farm,
park and shop that various people had brought to the exhibition.

Nidhi's mother had set up a stall for home made strawberry ice cream that
was really popular. There were also stalls for pani puri, samosas, jalebis and
cupcakes.

The residents of the neighbourhood were having a relaxed and enjoyable
Sunday morning looking at interesting Lego creations and eating good
food, when Uh-Oh showed up with a large contraption covered in cloth.
Everyone looked terrified. "Is that a bomb?" Suresh's mother asked Rahul's
father.

But Nidhi ran up to him. "Is that your Lego exhibit?" She asked him
cheerfully.

"Yes. Um. Yes it is." He turned pink and shuffled his feet, since everyone
had stopped what they were doing to stare at him.

Nidhi pretended not to notice any of the awkwardness. She guided him to a
table. "You can put your exhibit down here. I want to see what it is."

Uh-Oh fumbled with the cloth, but finally unveiled his Lego masterpiece. It
was a whole Lego town, complete with buildings, roads, cars, traffic lights,
bridges, shops, parks, policemen, schools, hospitals and so much more, all
planned and executed to perfection.

The children were in awe. So were many grown ups. They came and
admired the project and congratulated Uh-Oh. He beamed and smiled.

Nidhi introduced him to all her friends. She showed him their Lego
projects. He appreciated their work and gave them terrific ideas on how to
grow their projects.

His face was so animated as he talked about Lego, he looked ten years
younger. The kids couldn't believe he was the same grumpy old man they
were terrified of, just a few days ago. He invited them to tea the next day,
so they could see some of his other Lego projects.

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