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Standing to one side of the light that is shining through the open door of his work-
room, Mr. Fixit takes note of a pair of light-beams getting closer to the school. He
sees this as a signal telling him that Mr. Rayus is now here; on time. He sets down
his cup and begins to walk up the path to meet Mr. Rayus at the top of the hill.

On the way up the path, his vision begins to take in the night sky above him.
A star pattern comes into focus, and Mr. Fixit sees its outline as the shape of a
thing found closer to home; an animal, a great river, a King's crown filled in with
sparkling gems; he sees many things present in the stars now in view. Looking to
the stars, he imagines a star pattern standing out in the night sky as one of those
things that it looks like, but this one is way out there, fixed now, in the night sky.
And, this is just the way Mr. Fixit likes it; one definite thing which is fixed now.

Now at the top of the hill, Mr. Fixit looks out across the playground to find one
specific star pattern as it meets the horizon. "Ah!, there it is." This said, he hears
the friendly voice of Mr. Rayus ask, "a~uhh~there what is, Mr. Fixit?" "Oh, ...,
that one, Sir; the one I call 'The Cube'; here, ..., let me point out the star pattern
that I have in mind. Right now, it is just above the horizon, set in the frame of the
swing set; uhh, ..., one corner is more towards us and the top looks square, but is
going away at an angle, as if you are looking down on it; look quickly Mr. Rayus;
it is beginning to go down beyond the horizon and so not able to be figured out."

"O.K., Mr. Fixit, I'm looking through the frame of .... Ah!, I see it now; ..., wow,

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