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The cloud in space

When Rick's uncle came for his usual Sunday visit, Rick was waiting for him at the door. Uncle Frank was a scientist---an astronomer---and Rick had an important question to ask him. "Uncle Frank,...

The chain from heaven

> Afunjo knew that his father was an anthropologist--- but he didn't > know what that was. He knew that his father spent lots of time at the > museum, in the town of Ife. And he knew his father often...

Blood and bones

"Tomas?" Juanita poked her nose into her big brother's room. "Tomas," she asked, "is it true that no one but Indians used to live here in Mexico City?" Her brother was studying the history of Mexico...

Light and life

"Aunt Maude, who are the Aborigines?" Mark asked. Mark was from America. He and his parents were visiting relatives in Australia. Mark had heard some Australians talking about people called...

The seven days myth

"What is the very oldest story you know?" Jane asked her grandmother. Her grandmother thought for a moment. "I guess it must be the story of the Creation, from the Bible." "How old is it?" Jane...