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Sometimes eyes need help

I see a horse in a field. If I can’t see the horse clearly, my eyes need help. Eyeballs should be nearly round. People whose eyeballs are too long are near­sighted. They look at the far-off horse,…

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Rocks, Stones, and Petrified Bones

Solid stuff

It takes a lot of things to make cookies—flour, milk, eggs, butter, sugar. But when the cookies are baked, you can’t see that there are a lot of things in them. Everything is all mixed together. A…

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Stories

Clever Manka

from The Shoemaker’s Apron by Parker Fillmore In many folk tales and fairy tales, people need magic and good luck to overcome their troubles and make wishes come true. But in this story, which comes…

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