He gave a clueless shake of his head.
After all, he had been moving from one city to another with Camelia these few years and probably never had the chance to have fun like a normal kid. Needless to say, toys were a foreign concept to him.
“Come, I’ll show you how. See, every piece of Lego has a serial number. Assemble them all according to this diagram into a complete model. Then you’re done.” I crouched down and picked up two pieces, fixing them together, and gestured. “Just like this. Understand?”
“Yes.” A slight smile finally appeared on his face. He immediately started piecing a few segments together.
“Looking great, kid.” I tousled his hair and showered him with praise before returning to my tasks.
About twenty minutes later, the silence in the living room was disrupted by Audrey’s giggles.
“I want a bunny!”
“A dog! A big bad dog! Woof!”
“You liar! This isn’t a parrot. It’s a little bird! Stop lying and make another one for me. This time, I want a tiger!”
The entire house would be roused awake by Audrey’s loud voice at any minute.
“Audrey Stovall!” I rushed out and barked, “Summer was working late last night. Quit shouting so loudly.”
Audrey stilled and responded with an exaggerated O-shaped mouth, putting her index finger to her lips.
Thinking she was taking me seriously, I planted my hands on my hips exasperatedly when a giggle escaped her a second later.
What’s so funny?
I headed over to both of them and noticed that the Lego pieces of a plane model were fitted together to create shapes of a bunny, a dog, and a parrot. Though the angles were a little off, the general structures were there.
“You did all this?” I didn’t think Legos could be played this way and was a little surprised.
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