Someday I am going to be a great inventor. But for now, I have to get to school.
And I’m almost out the door when my brother calls “Hey Ada, we have to put away the Legos!” Rats! We were supposed to do it last night, but I accidentally flattened the Lego shoebox to use as a sled. Oops.
Someday, I’m going to invent a computer-controlled Lego picking-up drone that will sort all the pieces by color and type. I’ll put in voice control so you can yell out and it will bring you any block you need when you’re building. It will be so cool! “OK, but let’s hurry!” I say. As I open the closet door the empty shoe holder swings back and forth. The shoes are, um, elsewhere. That gives me an idea...
“Hey, we can put them in this!” There’s a pocket for each size brick. Good enough until I can build my robot drone.
“Argh!” As I’m zipping up my coat, the zipper pull breaks off! There’s just a little hole that I can’t grab. “Mom, do we have any extra zippers?” Or maybe...
I need something like a hook. Or a bendy wire, like...a paperclip! I grab one from the desk, bend the end out to fit it through the grip hole, then bend it back again. Pretty good! It’s even pull shaped. Zip!
Outside everything is covered in ice. Slipping around, I get a great idea for self-heating boots with spring loaded spikes for slippery days. My fuzzy mitten sticks to the icy railing. How silly is that! Mittens stick to ice, but shoes slip!
But the mitten gives me an idea. I go back inside and get an old scratchy pair of my dad’s socks. I put them on over my shoes and step outside again. It looks a bit funny, but I don’t slip! Good enough until I can work on my super boots.
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