Energy from electricity
Snorkel and Scorch are terribly sad. For two hundred years they worked
as palace dragons. They carried wood for fires, huffed flames into
fireplaces, and lighted candles in the palace halls. But now they are
out of work.
It isn’t their fault. Things at the palace have changed. Now the royal
halls are lit with light bulbs, and the rooms are heated with a furnace.
There is even a brand-new stove in the kitchen.
Electricity (ih lehk TRIHS uh tee) is doing the work that Snorkel and
Scorch used to do
Electricity is one kind of energy. It is a current that flows through a
wire, much as water flows through a hose. An electric current can do the
same kind of work a fuel can do. It can make light and heat. And it can
make the push or pull that runs a machine.
So Snorkel and Scorch don’t have to carry wood, light fires, or keep the
candles burning any more. All they have to do is push the switches that
turn the electric current on and off. Life will be much easier from now
on— and Snorkel and Scorch will have enough free time to help out at
palace picnics and barbecues.
