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Uncle Uh-Oh's Big Secret

The next day the kids gathered at Uh-Oh's house. He showed them his
many wonderful Lego creations. He had a very cute Lego pizza and a
gorgeous Lego London bridge. He also had Lego submarines, choppers,
planes and trains.

But his most elaborate projects were about clean energy sources and water
harvesting. He had a Lego hydroelectric power plant, where he had a water
fall, similar to the one Rahul had made for the exhibition. Rahul was
impressed with his turbines. Uh-Oh also had a wind energy plant, with
about a dozen windmills arranged in a grid. One project was about water
harvesting and irrigation of farms through canals and sprinklers.

Uh-Oh explained each project so enthusiastically, that the kids forgot they
were with a grown up. The kids spent over an hour examining his various
projects. Uh-Oh even explained how actual hydroelectric power plants
work.

Then suddenly Uh-Oh remembered that he had prepared refreshments for
the kids. He took out a tray full of assorted cookies, and another full of
fresh cut fruit. He also brought out some dry fruits and a cup of milk for
each kid.

As the kids munched on the delicious snacks, Suresh asked. "Uncle, have
you always been interested in Lego?"

"No, not always. Actually I have been making Lego models only for the
last 6 years."

"Oh, only 6 years! What got you interested in Lego?"

"My grandson. He started playing with Lego at the age of two. I would play
with him. He was unusually good at it. So I encouraged him and we did a
lot of projects together."

"Wow he must be a whiz at Lego. Where is he?" Rahul asked sipping his
cup of milk.

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