by Bruce Meyer<\/p>\n
Timothy was told he\u2019d never known his father. He found that hard to believe. Sometimes he would dream of a man sitting beside him as he assembled cars and houses from plastic blocks that fit together. He was certain those dreams were memories.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Timothy decided to build his own father with Lego.\u00a0 He made the man tall, though multi-colored, and gave him a face that resembled his own so people would say, \u201cYou have your father\u2019s eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Lego man sat in the corner of Timothy\u2019s room and didn\u2019t speak or move though he was a good listener. He could tell him anything. Each night, he wished his father would become as real as the other dads.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nothing seemed to have changed the morning Timothy realized he was late for school. Without looking, he darted into the intersection and felt a hand push him to the far curb as a truck screeched to a halt in a hail of Legos.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Timothy turned and stared in fright. The Lego Man had followed him out the door. He had saved Timothy but was now scattered in thousands of pieces in the intersection. Fighting back his tears, Timothy picked up as many blocks as he could but even if he cradled them in his jacket he left many behind.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The floor of Timothy\u2019s room was covered in blocks and he stepped on them in his bare feet. The pain would not go away. When he cried, his mother said he had his father\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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