[ WP ] Explain how the world works using a Rubik 's Cube metaphor .

The small child sat there on the old man's lap, balancing on one leg as she swung her legs in the breeze and played with his long white beard. Her sapphire eyes stared up at him in wonder, showing amazing patience for her age as she waited for his response. She was a cute little thing that never ceased to surprise the old man. 
 
 The old man steadied her with an arm around her waist as his cloudy eyes searched for a way to put his response into words. He was brought back by a small whine from under his chin as the girl began to grow weary of waiting. Turning to her, he caught sight of an old toy on the shelf. 
 
 `` Alright, young one. Go fetch that colorful cube on the second shelf,'' he said as he pointed. 
 
 The little girl let out a little yip of excitement as she bounded across the room to retrieve it, marveling at the matching colored squares on each side. Her return was slower as she rolled the small box in her hands to see every one of its six colors. Keeping her eyes on the cube, she climbed back to her spot before reluctantly relinquishing it to the old man. 
 
 He showed his thanks with a small kiss on her forehead, his beard tickling her cheeks. He held out the toy and with a few quick movements, shuffled the colors all about the different sides. The girl squealed in protest, `` Why'd you do that, Grampa? It was so pretty!'' 
 
 `` To answer you question, my dear. You see the world is much like this little cube,'' he smiled at her quizzical look as he continued. `` It's mixed up place, but still beautiful. See how the mixed colors make interesting patterns? The red and blue together next to these yellow ones, and see this side has three greens?'' 
 
 The girl clapped her hands at that, `` The green is my favorite.'' 
 
 `` I thought you would like it. See the world is full of mixtures that just add to it's beauty.'' 
 
 `` But what about when all the sides are the same?'' the girl asked. Her nose scrunched as she listened to the old man's words. 
 
 `` Aw you have stumbled upon this cubes other lesson,'' he smiled down to her as a proud look shone on her face. `` You see the world is full of challenges. Challenges you'll have to twist and turn,'' he began to twist the sides of the cube, `` in order to solve.'' He smiled down to her as he showed how one side had become all green. 
 
 The child reach out and grasped the cube, accidentally twisting one of the sides and ruining the perfect side. She turned to the old man, afraid she messed it up. `` Oh no, I'm sorry.'' 
 
 The gentile smile never left the old man's face as he continued. `` It's alright, you see in this world many may come and set you back on your challenge. But if you keep at it, you can get even further than before.'' He turned the cube over once more to show it now had two sides completely solid. The girl clapped in delight. 
 
 Watching him seem to mix it up again, she gave a confused snort. `` You see sometimes, you must go back to move forward,'' he explained. `` And with a little help,'' he said bringing the cube to her hands with a whispered *Turn this one. * She grinned with excitement as she gave the final turn to make each side solid once more. `` you can always succeed.''
