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...
Find me, catch me!
It's Alfredo's turn to be "blind hen." Pedro ties a big, red handkerchief over Alfredo's eyes. Then Pedro, Inez, Maria, and Juan form a circle around Alfredo. The four of them begin to chant, "Blind...
Quick hands, quick eyes
Ten quick fingers can crisscross a string into a cat's cradle in seconds. It's almost like magic. Most people play cat's cradle for fun. But some people believe that a cat's cradle has magic powers!...
Time for Fun
What's the most fun for you? Do you like to shoot marbles? Do you like to swim, or ski, or go camping? Do you like to read, or draw, or make things? People have always thought of ways to have fun. ...
Omar Alai’s workday
"Insects, sheep, leaves, roots, and bark! That's what this rug is made of," says Omar as he sits at the loom. Omar remembers visiting the dye house. Here, he had watched the wool being dyed. And the...
May I help you?
Philippines A dugout canoe called a banca is used as a ferryboat. It takes passengers across a river in the Philippines. "iEn que puedo servirle?" the guard asked. "May maitutulong ba ako?" the...
To market, to market
"Burro! Please move," begged Maria. Burro, the family's stubborn donkey, did not want to carry Maria and her two large sacks to market. But a light touch of the whip did the trick. Burro began to...
We make the whole thing
Millions of look-alike socks and shoes, pots and pans, toys and toothbrushes tumble out of machines. But before there were machines, people made things by hand. And there are still people who make...
Piece by piece
> Japanese, working on an assembly line, put television sets together > piece by piece. "We make small things in a big way." That's what Swiss factory workers say. Watches are one of the small...
Riches in the sea
When Per meets a neighbor, he usually says, "Godt fiske!" instead of "Good day!" Godtfiske means "good fishing" in Norwegian. And a good catch means a good day for all Norwegian fishermen. For...