Oasaze, Abdigani, and Sasha met under the old oak with cardboard boxes and bright ideas.
They were building the MELTS Machine to show Mechanical, Electrical, Light, Thermal, and Sound energy.
Kennedy and Avery sent cheering drawings and promised to save seats at the fair.
The night before the fair, wind rattled the windows and the power blinked out.
At the fair, the lights were dark and the MELTS Machine's plug wouldn't fit any socket.
The wheel wouldn't spin — the mechanical part felt stuck and stiff.
Their batteries were drained, the mirror slid out of place, and the little drum sounded flat.
They stared at the scattered MELTS pieces and felt a wobble of worry — until an idea flickered.
A gust swept through — Sasha's kite tumbled into a little turbine they had pinned nearby and the blades began to spin.
Oasaze jumped on his bike and turned the wheel into a hand-cranked generator that gave a hopeful little buzz.
Abdigani used a metal spoon and the little current to bridge a loose connection, and something began to hum.
Sasha angled her shiny folder and caught a slice of sunbeams, bouncing a bright ray that woke the tiny lamp.
When the lamp warmed a tiny metal strip and the crowd clapped, the thermal swelling and the drum's sound made the whole machine ring — the MELTS Machine sang!
They learned that energy can be shared in clever ways, and that friends working together make the brightest power of all.
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