Desert Sands

Construction

Carly and her friends took a closer look at the geometric figures. So far, there was a sphere and a cone. "Well it definitely looks like this could be a statue of a person. I think the other pieces must be scattered throughout the construction site," Carly surmised. "I've got the perfect idea! Felipe, Pat, Dusty, and I will work with Carly and her friends to excavate the remaining pieces of this...statue thingamajig. Everyone else, help Manny put up the signage for Toys R Us!" Stretch ordered. "But Stretch, I'm scared of heights!" Rusty cried. Manny turned to Rusty and said, "Don't worry Rusty. I won't let go of you. I'll make sure you don't fall off Toys R Us as we install the signage."

"Alright guys, let's go find the remaining parts of this statue!" Dusty ordered. Carly and her friends carefully searched the construction site for the missing parts. They successfully excavated two cubes, three ellipsoids, and three more spheres. A few of the parts weren't actually geometric figures at all: six of the figures were shaped like squiggly lines and two of the figures were shaped like hands. "We've got all the pieces. Let's do this!" Carly said, excitedly. "From the looks of these figures, it definitely looks like we're putting together a statue," Stretch surmised. "It looks pretty easy to put together, too," Felipe added. "But what could the statue possibly be of?" Pat thought. He worked with Felipe to screw in and hammer the pieces of the statue together. "I wonder how Manny and the rest of the crew are doing with the signage for Toys R Us," Dusty wondered.

Putting up the signage for Toys R Us required a lot of patience. "Squeeze, you and Rusty can help by tightening the nuts and bolts needed to hold up the signage. Turner, you and Flicker can help by helping me lift up the signage," Manny explained. While Squeeze and Rusty had no trouble tightening the nuts and bolts, Turner and Flicker were having some trouble lifting up the signage itself. "This signage is REALLY heavy!" Turner groaned. "¡Muy pesado!" Flicker added. Manny had to pull the sign above the large entrance of the store. "Well it looks like that part is over. Rusty, flip the switch!" The switch was flipped and the new sign was lit up. This drew a big crowd of excited Texas residents.

"The statue is complete!" Isabelle smiled as she helped attach the last ellipsoid onto the statue. "It looks like a clown," Jeffy said suspiciously. Manny and the rest of the tools working with him carefully climbed down from Toys R Us and checked on the statue. "CLOWNS!!! I HATE CLOWNS!!! WHY DID THIS STATUE HAVE TO FORM A CLOWN?" Rusty screamed. "Rusty, man up! I don't think this clown looks scary. He seems nice," Stretch reassured him. "This is actually quite creative. Who would've thought about making a clown entirely out of geometric figures?" Squeeze smiled. "But what should we do with it?" Dusty pondered. Manny smirked and said, "I think I know exactly what to do with this clown."

"Heave!" Jeffy commanded as he and Manny and the tools pushed the statue of the clown next to the entrance of Toys R Us. A large crowd of people stared in awe. "Now this is a proper reopening!" Toad squealed. "Wait! It's missing one thing," Carly said and went up to the statue. Underneath it she engraved the words "DEDICATED TO MANUEL ESTEVEZ GARCIA III." She smiled and said, "There. Now it's perfect." Manny and the tools were astonished. "Wow Carly, that is actually really sweet of you! It seems you're impressed by Manny's hard work," Pat said, blushing. "Manny created this plaza after all. It's absolutely gorgeous!" Isabelle added. "And I'm most certain the residents of El Paso will absolutely love it!" Toad smiled.