"Wouldn't it be okay if we made you a pair of dentures out of stones?" Marven said.

"Dentures? What are dentures? The little boy asked his father.

"Dentures? I don't know. After his father finished speaking, he looked at the old man.

The old man touched his beard and said, "I've seen dentures." When my parents took me to the dentist when I was a child, I saw them at the dentist's office. ”

"Grandpa, where is the river around here?" Marven asked.

The old man told Marven the location.

Early the next morning, Marven took the little boy and the little boy's father and set off in an off-road vehicle.

The river is not far away, at the foot of the mountain. Half an hour's drive away.

There are a lot of pebbles along the river.

Marven happily picked up a few pieces, looked at them carefully, and said to the little boy, "The pebbles here are really beautiful." You see, these ones are so white, they are very similar to the color of teeth. Here you go. ”

The little boy shook his head and said, "I don't want white stones." I'm looking for some red ones and making them red. ”

"Huh? All the teeth are white. Where there are red teeth. ”

"But I like it."

Marven scratched his head, so he had to nod and say, "Okay then." It's not going to look good, so don't be upset. ”

"No, no. I want to get my teeth fitted sooner. Then you can eat the same food as you. ”

Yes, that's the right thing.

Marven took out a few drink bottles from the trunk of the SUV, and then everyone split up to find pebbles, washed them in the river water, and put them in bottles.

When he returned to his grandfather's house, Marvin lined up all the pebbles on the table and asked the little boy and his dad to choose their favorite colors.

They each chose twenty.

The stones were chosen, but the stones were too large and small to be used.

The old man said, "This is easy to do." I have all the tools here. ”

Sure enough, the old man came out of the utility room with a wooden box, and there was everything in it.

"I live here alone, so I can do all kinds of work. You're going to polish these stones to the same size, right? Then use these tools. The old man took out several files of different sizes and gave them to Marven, Mia, the little boy, and his father.

Then, the old man took out a hammer and smashed a few stones that were too large and polished them again.

The stones are polished, but it is not easy to glue them together.

If it's a home on Earth, Marven must want to try the glue.

But there is no glue to be used here.

Marven sat at the table and held his cheeks to figure out a way.

"I live here alone, so I can do all kinds of work." The old man brought out a basin of all kinds of food and said to Marven, "Isn't it just connecting these stones?" ”

Marven nodded: "Do you have a way?" ”

"Of course. You've worked hard. Eat something and take a break, and I'll take care of the rest. After saying that, the old man went out.

After a while, the old man came back with a long thing in his hand.

It turned out to be a vine of a plant.

The old man skillfully cut the vine with a blade, and then pulled a strand out of it.

"This kind of silk is a little thick but very tough, so I often use this silk to mend clothes." The old man said, pulling the hem of his shirt, "Look. ”

Marven bent down to look. Sure enough, there was a patch on the placket of the old man's shirt that was not very conspicuous. It is the silk that is drawn from this vine that is patched.