Now my mother rested. And the doctor and nurse did many things for me. They put drops in my eyes to keep them healthy. They looked at my ears and nose, and fingers and toes---all of me. Name tags...
My sense of touch
The nerves in my back are farther apart than the nerves in my fingers. My friend touches my back with two unsharpened pencils. Both pencils touch my back at the same time. But I can feel only one...
My hands and feet
My hands and feet are important parts of me that I can see. I use them to do all kinds of work. My fingers and thumbs pick up things and hold them. When I try to pick up things without using my...
Fingers, flowers, and polliwogs
> As tribes became nations and villages became cities, people had more > things to keep track of than ever before. Merchants had to keep > records of the things they traded to other merchants. The...
Pebbles for tens
Like everyone else in the family, Mirim had lots of work to do. Even when she was very little, Mirim had helped her mother grind grain for bread and pick berries and grapes. But now that she was...
Fingers for numbers
It was early morning as Amu, the shepherd boy, trudged toward the sheep pen, whistling merrily. His feet were bare. His only clothing was a short skirt made of animal skin. In one hand he carried his...
When do we eat?
Grrrr. Your stomach is growling. You're hungry. It's long past the time you usually eat. But when do you eat? And how often? And how? The answers to these questions depend on where you live. When,...
Thaw
> by Eunice Tietjens The snow is soft, and how it squashes! > "Galumph, galumph!" go my galoshes. "Thumbs in the thumb-place, Fingers all together!" This is the song We sing in mitten-weather....