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I Never Told You But
Simone gasped after her brother led her out and told her to open her eyes. “Trevor, it’s beautiful. Look how the water runs atop the mermaids and spills out from one lily pad to another. Hey, wait a minute. I don’t see a big pond. Where’s the water coming from? The water’s just running onto the ground.”
Trevor chuckled. “I never told you, but this is something Boss always wanted — a disappearing fountain. He hired some fountain architects to build the underground pond, then cover it with stones. First, the superstructure gets put into place. Then the bronze statue is placed, followed by a series of small stones to cover everything. The design allows the water to spill out, run into the in-ground pond, and then get pumped over and over. Pretty neat, huh?”
Nodding in amazement Simone’s face glowed with excitement. “We need to name them. They’re mermaids. They need pretty names, Trev.”
Simone rapped her knuckles on the closest mermaid’s backside and listened to the tone generated. “They’re hollow. I sure hope they don’t fall over in the wind. I wonder how much they weigh. Is that why the extra rocks on the lily pads, Trev?”
Trevor smiled and patted his sister’s shoulder. “No, the rocks and abalone shells help direct the water to spill out in several places, not just one. The statue casting is heavy, even though it sounds hollow. It…
