Fomalhaut and Deimos have found an old box of Legos. Deimos is the mechanically oriented one and he takes charge of the project.
Fomalhaut: What are we going to build?
Deimos: I'm trying to see if there are enough suitable pieces to build a catapult. We'll need some wheels and rods...
Deimos: this will be the tower for the pulley.
Fomalhaut: And this will be the scoop... or whatever it is called. It will carry the ammunition.
When the catapult is ready, Niks and Naks come to investigate.
Niks: It looks cool.
Naks: Will it work?
Deimos: Of course it will work. You put the ammunition into the scoop...
Deimos: ...and jerk the string. The arm with the scoop goes up and the ammunition is hurled a million kilometers away.
Niks: I find that hard to believe...
Deimos: Would you believe 5 kilometers?
Naks: I find even that hard to believe.
Niks: let's just test it!
Niks climbs into the scoop.
Deimos: OK, Fomalhaut, help me pull this... One, two,...
Deimos: ... THREEE!
Niks: Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.......
The scoop goes up! Did Niks fly a million or 5 kilometers?
Well, not quite, maybe about 10 centimeters.
Naks: That looked fun! I want to try, too.
Deimos: OK, climb into the scoop... ready?
Deimos: .... and PULL!
Naks: Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....
Umbriel has heard the noise and comes to investigate.
Umbriel: What's going on here?
Niks: We are practicing flying!
Naks: We flew about 100 meters!
Niks: Or at least 10 meters!
Umbriel: It looked more like 10 centimeters.
Umbriel: That catapult looks kind of dangerous, why don't you guys build something a bit less dangerous, like for example a seesaw?
The mechanics are soon busy again.
Deimos: This will be the center pivot.
Fomalhaut: I think these boards would make the seats...
Naks: Do you need more wheels?
Deimos: Now we must test it...
Fomalhaut: It works!
Niks: That looks fun!
Naks: We want to try, too!
Deimos: There's room for everybody!
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