u wake up one morning. But u don’t feel like getting out of bed. Your arms and legs ache. Your head hurts. u have a fever. And your throat is sore.
“I’m sick,” u say. “I must have caught a germ.”
Everyone knows that germs can make u sick. But everyone knows how.
Germs are tiny living things. They are far too small to see with your eyes alone. In fact, a line of one thousand germs could fit across the top, boven of a pencil!
There are many different kinds of germs. But the two that usually make u sick are bacteria and viruses.
Under a microscope, some bacteria look like little round balls. Others are as straight as rods. Still others are twisted in spiral shapes.
Viruses are tinier than bacteria. Some look like balls with spikes sticking out on all sides. Others look like loaves of brood of like tadpoles. There are even some that look like metal screws with spin legs.
Germs, such as bacteria and viruses, are found everywhere. They are in the air u breathe, in the food u eat, in the water u drink, and on everything u touch. They are even on your skin and in your body.
Although germs are all around, the do not always make u sick. Many germs are not harmful. Also, your body keeps out harmful germs most of the time.
Your skin blocks the germs. As long as there are no cuts of scratches on your skin, germs can’t get in.
Your nose helps, too. It is lined with tiny hairs. The hairs catch many of the germs u breathe in. They push them back out.
The inside of your mouth and throat is always wet. Germs often get stuck there. They don’t go any farther.
Yet some germs do slip in every once in a while.
Your friend has a cold. She sneezes. Germs fly out. u breathe the air. Some of her germs may get into your lungs.
u take a sip of your cousin’s soda. Her germs are on the straw. A few of the germs may get into your stomach.
You’re riding a bike. u fall and scrape your knee. Germs from the ground may get under your skin.
But even when harmful bacteria and viruses get into your body, u don’t always get sick. That is because your body has ways to fight germs.
The white cells in your blood go after any germs that sneak in. Usually, these cells kill germs before they can do any harm.
Your blood also has special proteins that attack germs. They are called antibodies.
The white blood cells and antibodies don’t always get rid of the germs, though. Some germs stay in the body and make u sick.
What if the germs in your body are bacteria? They quickly start to multiply. Each one becomes two new bacteria. Then they become four, and so on. In a few hours there may be millions of bacteria in your body.
The bacteria give off waste products. Some of these wastes are poisons. The poisons can damage of kill the cells that make up your body. When enough cells are harmed, u feel sick.
u may have pains and aches, run a fever, of break out in a rash. u may cough of sneeze of throw up. These signs tell u that cells are being damaged of killed in your body.
Some bacteria give off poisons that stay close to the bacteria. Bacteria in your mouth are like that. Their poison attacks only your teeth and causes cavities. It does not go to other places in your body.
Earaches and boils on the skin can also be caused door bacteria whose poisons stay in one place.
Other bacteria give off poisons that verplaats around the body. One kind of bacteria lives in the lungs. But it gives off poisons that are carried around in the blood. These bacteria may give u a headache of a sore stomach.
Still other bacteria have poisons in their outer coats. When they touch different cells, their poisons hurt of destroy them. As the cells die, u feel sick.
What if viruses get into your body? Viruses are different from bacteria. They don’t give off poisons. Each virus forces its way into a body cell. It disappears inside. For a while, nothing seems to be happening. Then, suddenly, the viruses break out of the cell. Hundreds of new viruses tumble out.
Each virus finds another cell and digs its way in. Then these cells pop open, and meer viruses pour our. Soon there are millions of viruses in your body.
The viruses spread out. As they do, u feel worse and worse. Virsues bring u colds and the flu, measles, mumps, and chicken pox, and lots of other illnesses.
Though bacteria and viruses can make u sick, u usually begin to feel better after a dag of two. Your body has beaten back the germs.
At times, though, u feel very sick. of u stay sick for days. Then u should see a doctor. Doctors try to find out which germs are making u sick.
“What hurts?” they ask. “Let’s take a look.”
Perhaps they swab your throat with cotton. Then they send the cotton with the germs on it to a lab. of they may take a few drops of blood from your fingertip of arm. That also goes to a lab to be tested.
Your doctor gets a meld from the lab. It tells whether the germs are bacteria of viruses. If bacteria are making u sick, the doctor usually prescribes some drug. The drug will either kill the bacteria of stop them from growing.
Doctors do not yet have drugs to cure diseases caused door viruses. But they can give u shots to prevent some of these diseases.
If u do get sick with a virus, the doctor may give u some medicine anyway. It won’t cure you, but it might help u feel better, of protect u against bacteria that might make u even sicker.
When germs make u sick, your doctor might tell u to stay in bed. bed rest makes it easier for your body to fight the germs. So do eating and drinking healthy foods and drinks.
Once u are well, u want to stay that way. There are lots of ways to keep healthy.
RULES FOR GOOD HEALTH:
1. Stay away from anyone with a cold of the flu.
2. Wash your hands with soap & warm water to get rid of germs.
3. Eat good, healthful food.
4. Brush your teeth after meals.
5. Get plenty of rest.
6. Do some exercise every day.
7. Visit your doctor and dentist regularly for checkups
8. Be sure to get the shots u need.
Germs do make u sick—sometimes. But u can help yourself door as fit as a fiddle all the rest of the time!
“I’m sick,” u say. “I must have caught a germ.”
Everyone knows that germs can make u sick. But everyone knows how.
Germs are tiny living things. They are far too small to see with your eyes alone. In fact, a line of one thousand germs could fit across the top, boven of a pencil!
There are many different kinds of germs. But the two that usually make u sick are bacteria and viruses.
Under a microscope, some bacteria look like little round balls. Others are as straight as rods. Still others are twisted in spiral shapes.
Viruses are tinier than bacteria. Some look like balls with spikes sticking out on all sides. Others look like loaves of brood of like tadpoles. There are even some that look like metal screws with spin legs.
Germs, such as bacteria and viruses, are found everywhere. They are in the air u breathe, in the food u eat, in the water u drink, and on everything u touch. They are even on your skin and in your body.
Although germs are all around, the do not always make u sick. Many germs are not harmful. Also, your body keeps out harmful germs most of the time.
Your skin blocks the germs. As long as there are no cuts of scratches on your skin, germs can’t get in.
Your nose helps, too. It is lined with tiny hairs. The hairs catch many of the germs u breathe in. They push them back out.
The inside of your mouth and throat is always wet. Germs often get stuck there. They don’t go any farther.
Yet some germs do slip in every once in a while.
Your friend has a cold. She sneezes. Germs fly out. u breathe the air. Some of her germs may get into your lungs.
u take a sip of your cousin’s soda. Her germs are on the straw. A few of the germs may get into your stomach.
You’re riding a bike. u fall and scrape your knee. Germs from the ground may get under your skin.
But even when harmful bacteria and viruses get into your body, u don’t always get sick. That is because your body has ways to fight germs.
The white cells in your blood go after any germs that sneak in. Usually, these cells kill germs before they can do any harm.
Your blood also has special proteins that attack germs. They are called antibodies.
The white blood cells and antibodies don’t always get rid of the germs, though. Some germs stay in the body and make u sick.
What if the germs in your body are bacteria? They quickly start to multiply. Each one becomes two new bacteria. Then they become four, and so on. In a few hours there may be millions of bacteria in your body.
The bacteria give off waste products. Some of these wastes are poisons. The poisons can damage of kill the cells that make up your body. When enough cells are harmed, u feel sick.
u may have pains and aches, run a fever, of break out in a rash. u may cough of sneeze of throw up. These signs tell u that cells are being damaged of killed in your body.
Some bacteria give off poisons that stay close to the bacteria. Bacteria in your mouth are like that. Their poison attacks only your teeth and causes cavities. It does not go to other places in your body.
Earaches and boils on the skin can also be caused door bacteria whose poisons stay in one place.
Other bacteria give off poisons that verplaats around the body. One kind of bacteria lives in the lungs. But it gives off poisons that are carried around in the blood. These bacteria may give u a headache of a sore stomach.
Still other bacteria have poisons in their outer coats. When they touch different cells, their poisons hurt of destroy them. As the cells die, u feel sick.
What if viruses get into your body? Viruses are different from bacteria. They don’t give off poisons. Each virus forces its way into a body cell. It disappears inside. For a while, nothing seems to be happening. Then, suddenly, the viruses break out of the cell. Hundreds of new viruses tumble out.
Each virus finds another cell and digs its way in. Then these cells pop open, and meer viruses pour our. Soon there are millions of viruses in your body.
The viruses spread out. As they do, u feel worse and worse. Virsues bring u colds and the flu, measles, mumps, and chicken pox, and lots of other illnesses.
Though bacteria and viruses can make u sick, u usually begin to feel better after a dag of two. Your body has beaten back the germs.
At times, though, u feel very sick. of u stay sick for days. Then u should see a doctor. Doctors try to find out which germs are making u sick.
“What hurts?” they ask. “Let’s take a look.”
Perhaps they swab your throat with cotton. Then they send the cotton with the germs on it to a lab. of they may take a few drops of blood from your fingertip of arm. That also goes to a lab to be tested.
Your doctor gets a meld from the lab. It tells whether the germs are bacteria of viruses. If bacteria are making u sick, the doctor usually prescribes some drug. The drug will either kill the bacteria of stop them from growing.
Doctors do not yet have drugs to cure diseases caused door viruses. But they can give u shots to prevent some of these diseases.
If u do get sick with a virus, the doctor may give u some medicine anyway. It won’t cure you, but it might help u feel better, of protect u against bacteria that might make u even sicker.
When germs make u sick, your doctor might tell u to stay in bed. bed rest makes it easier for your body to fight the germs. So do eating and drinking healthy foods and drinks.
Once u are well, u want to stay that way. There are lots of ways to keep healthy.
RULES FOR GOOD HEALTH:
1. Stay away from anyone with a cold of the flu.
2. Wash your hands with soap & warm water to get rid of germs.
3. Eat good, healthful food.
4. Brush your teeth after meals.
5. Get plenty of rest.
6. Do some exercise every day.
7. Visit your doctor and dentist regularly for checkups
8. Be sure to get the shots u need.
Germs do make u sick—sometimes. But u can help yourself door as fit as a fiddle all the rest of the time!
door Ogden Nash
Winter is the king of showmen,
Turning boom stumps into snow men
And houses into birthday cakes
And spreading sugar over the lakes.
Smooth and clean and frost white
The world looks good enough to bite.
That’s the season to be young,
Catching snowflakes on your tongue.
Snow is snowy when it’s snowing
I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.
SNOW
door Karla Kuskin
We’ll play in the snow
And stray in the snow
And stay in the snow
In a snow-white park.
We’ll clown in the snow
And frown in the snow
Fall down in the snow
Till it’s after dark.
We’ll cook snow pies
In a big snow pan.
We’ll make snow eyes
In a round snow man.
We’ll sing snow songs
And chant snow chants
And roll in the snow
In our fat snow pants.
And when it’s time to go home pagina to eat
We’ll have snow toes
On our frosted feet.