Jin Tao: A Short Story

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During the free choice of play, Jin Tao sat near the tray of big lego and looked at his friends. He smiled at his friends. He looked at the tray and picked a lego. He placed the lego on his leg and took two more lego pieces. He constructed a phone with few lego pieces. He held the lego phone and placed it near his right ear and said, “Hello!” He looked at this construction for a while and turned the other way and placed it near the ear. He looked at the teacher and said, “Hello!” Teacher said, “Hello, Jin Tao”. He smiled and said hello loudly.

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