Where all the coolest things are

Here's what I brought Lil E back from Washington, D.C. It's a little cheapy statue of the Lincoln Memorial. He loves Abraham Lincoln and can even quote him after studying freedom fighters in school this year. He also has a collection of cheapy landmark statues from my travels elsewhere -- a Statue of Liberty, a Golden Gate Bridge, and other souvenirs that mark where I've been and he'd like to go, too.

The Abraham Lincoln has weight and he cradled it in his palm, smiling. But only for a few seconds. 

Then he flipped it over and asked excitedly, "Why are ALL THE COOLEST THINGS made in China?!"

It wasn't asked to be answered. He was already gone, placing the Abe carefully at the exact corner of his dresser, next to a little laughing Buddha, Pokemon cards, a collection of stuff picked up from the sidewalk and latered emptied from his pocket. All those treasures, plastic and worth pennies, make up one kid's center, dreams, markers on a 7-year-old life map.

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