¹     Drew sat on his front steps. He looked at the river. Next to the river he could see those funny shaped things again.
 
²     "Daddy," Drew said, "tell me what that is."
 
³     Daddy said, "That's the nuclear power plant."
 
⁴     "Daddy," Drew said, "tell me what it does again."
 
⁵     "It makes electricity for many homes. It gives those homes power," Daddy said.
 
⁶     "How does it do that, Daddy?" Drew asked.
 
⁷     "It uses something called uranium. The uranium makes a high-energy heat. Through a special process, power is produced," Daddy said.
 
⁸     "Why does the building look so funny, then?" Drew asked.
 
⁹     "That is to protect us," Daddy said.
 
¹⁰     "What could it protect us from?" Drew asked.

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