Crustaceans

The gawky lobster

Many people think that lobsters are bright red. That’s because they’ve only seen cooked lobsters. Cooking turns them red. But live lobsters are greenish, or bluish, or brownish. A lobster is a…

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Balances and coins

When people first began to raise crops, they had to carry the grain from the field to a storage place. They soon learned that they could carry two loads easily by hanging one load at each end of a…

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People are crowding into the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Banners are flying. Flags are waving. Everyone is talking at once. “Come sta?” (“How are you?”) “Mi tanto piacere vederla!” (“I’m so pleased to…

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