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The Hiccups I'm gonna tell you for the last time.

This is a bad idea.

It's just a joke, alright?

Yeah, but it's not funny.

Simka, you're boring.

It's April Fool's Day.

Did you forget?

Quit worrying.

It'll be funny.

Katya, I got you a present.

Hmph.

You really think I don't remember it's April 1st?

And what, is that some holiday?

You're such a sneak.

So what's in there a cockroach right or a frog?

You're not gonna scare me with that

Come on, what is wrong with you?

You scared me half to death you two

Hey, come on, we were just joking Great joke.

Way to go.

You ended up giving the hiccups to her.

Humans use their lungs to breathe with the help of special muscles, the intercostal and the diaphragm.

When these muscles contract, you inhale, and when they relax, you exhale.

On its way in, air passes through the vocal cords.

If you swallow unchewed food, drink a lot of water in one gulp, or just get scared, then the diaphragm starts contracting uncontrollably.

These contractions make the vocal cords close very very quickly which produces a sharp sound that is called a hiccup

Looks like they're gone you see Simka no need to worry.

Thank goodness, but you shouldn't have done that

They're back Katya you gotta try holding your breath

Hold it, hold it!

I can't anymore.

Well, did they stop?

Ah!

Someone told me if you have hiccups, someone's thinking about you right now.

You're right. But who?

Mom?

Guess not.

Your dad?

Not him.

Chewsocka!

For real, Chewsocka.

Nolik.

Sorry.

The chameleon?

Maybe my teacher?

Santa Claus in April?

All right.

We need a different method.

Nolik, why aren't you helping?

Do you know anything we can try?

Uh, of course I know.

You need to jump up and down on one leg and count while you're doing it.

What?

Nice try there.

Then think of something yourself.

Alright, we'll try your method.

One, two, three, four, five, how long should I count?

Uh, I didn't figure that out yet.

You mean you just came up with this idea?

But look, your hiccups are gone.

You're right.

Aw, thanks, Nolik.

You saved the day.

People like joking so much that they even came up with the idea the holiday for it, April Fool's Day.

For centuries, kids and adults have been playing tricks on each other on that day.

For instance, 300 years ago, a crowd of townsfolk gathered together to watch a unique show.

But when the curtains opened, there was nobody on the stage.

But that's what happens.

And if you're not careful, you could get fooled too.

One One time they showed a story on television about harvesting pasta that grows on trees.

And many people believed it.

How funny is that?

Yes, tricks and jokes can be lots of fun, but it's important that they not be mean.

Before playing a trick on someone, think about whether you would find it funny if someone did it to you.

I heard that once there was this guy, he had the hiccups for a hundred years.

And was it the poor old guy's friends who scared him?

An idea.

You need to eat something really sour.

Do you have a lemon?

Thanks.

Why don't you eat it first?

Why would I?

You got the hiccups.

It's all because of you and your stupid tricks.

Well, it's not my fault that you can't take a joke.

What was that?

Happy April Fool's Day.

And now it's you, Katya?

Well, at least your hiccups are gone.

You're right, they are.

Simka picked a pack of pickled pack -o -mats.

Hooray!

Tideesh!

I guess the hiccups are contagious.

Just don't worry.

I have a surefire way to get rid of them.

The Online Store One, two, three, turn it!

Simka, you need to turn it in the opposite direction.

No, it's righty -tighty -lefty -loosey.

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Why don't you come down here and do it, and I'll sit back and watch you?

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My dissertation?

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It went great.

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I successfully defended it.

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Professor Eugenius?

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No, he didn't congratulate me.

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I told the professor over and over not to forget about that.

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He wouldn't be our Eugenius if he wasn't forgetful.

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You should stop your joking and go and tell the professor about Elisa.

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Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and wait, go fix it once again.

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Hey!

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Whoa!

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Guess we shouldn't bother him.

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Then what do we do now?

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Look at that, Tweek!

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What is it?

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A store on the Internet?

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Uh -huh.

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The professor probably wanted to buy flowers, but got distracted.

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I think we should finish ordering them for him.

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There are so many bouquets to choose from!

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I'm sure he'd want the biggest one!

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What do you think these numbers mean?

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The number of flowers that are in it.

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Oh, everything's already filled in.

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The name, address, and a number for some kind of card.

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There, done!

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Tideesh!

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They'll get here in an hour.

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If there's something you want to buy, you don't have to go out to a store anymore to get it.

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Clothing, fresh food, electronics, supplies for your pet or a toy you might like.

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You can order almost anything you want from an online store without leaving home.

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It's simple You pick out what you want put it in a shopping cart and pay for it

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But kids should only shop online with the help of an adult before

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you know it your order will be delivered straight to your house

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Just as long as you gave them the right address that is Ah, what a lovely smell.

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Oh, there's a note in here.

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To Professor Eugenius, thanks a lot.

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Hmm?

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I was certain they were for me.

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Hey, you got it all wrong.

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They're from him.

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They're for you.

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We can fix this, no problem. To Elisa.

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Done.

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Ah!

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Another bouquet?

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These kind of flowers always set off my allergies.

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Professor Eugenius is so absent -minded.

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First they get sent to the wrong person, then he sends the wrong kind.

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We can fix it, no problem.

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Name, address, done.

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Why does my phone keep making all these funny sounds today?

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Don't worry, this time we know that we got everything right.

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Good job, guys.

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What is this?

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How?

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What happened?

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Um, someone used my card and ordered a ton of flowers without me knowing.

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No, not a ton.

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Just three.

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Bouquets, that is.

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What?

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You mean you guys never told the professor?

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Never told me about what?

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Well, um, Elisa, she was crying.

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And you were busy working.

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We decided to help you out.

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You decided to help me out by spending a lot of my money?

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Money?

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What do you mean, money?

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You think you can get flowers on the internet without having to pay?

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That's what those numbers must have been about.

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But you wanted to order flowers anyway, didn't you?

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Yes, I did.

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And look, I've already done it.

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And then you.. you...

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Professor Eugenius, you remembered!

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When you're playing a game with play money, you can spend as much as you want.

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But when you're playing a game on the Internet, you have to be careful.

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Many of the websites out there that offer games and cartoons charge real money that is collected using credit or debit cards.

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Adults get these cards from their banks or through work.

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They're convenient for paying in places like restaurants, theaters, or stores.

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Salesmen put the card in a reader to take money from the buyer's bank account,

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and the buyer gets a message saying how much money he has left.

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Now people can pay for things directly from their phones.

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Only kids, you have to remember this simple rule.

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Don't buy anything through the internet without the help of an adult.

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Because with just one click, money can be gone for good!

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Congratulations on defending your dissertation.

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You did so well.

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Thanks so much.

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But you spent much too much money, dear professor.

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Oh, nothing is too much for you, Elisa.

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Yes, and I'll make sure that the plant is taken care of properly.

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It will get watered and fed every single day.

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And I'll watch it, so I can tell you how you're supposed to be watering them.

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The Book Where did

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Tom Thomas go today?

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He went with his mom to the post office to pick up a package from his grandma.

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Class!

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I can't wait to see it!

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Well, what did your grandma send you?

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It's the number one coolest present.

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Did you really get a pack -o -mat?

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What?

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I'm allowed to dream, right?

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I wish it was a pack of math.

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It's a book.

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Oh, wow!

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That's Treasure Island.

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What's the difference?

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I think books are as boring as it gets.

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I agree.

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Guys, come on!

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Inside of this book are really cool adventures.

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What are you talking about?

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Inside that book are letters.

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So, you're really not interested at all?

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Nuh -uh.

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By the way, inside this book there aren't just letters, it's got pictures.

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Pictures?

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A lot of them.

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And they're exciting, colorful, and huge!

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How about we take a little peek at those pictures?

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Oh!

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Pirates!

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Uh -huh, a gang of the...

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Simka, help me out!

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Whoa!

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Check out that skull!

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What's going on here?

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Well, if we want to find out, we'll have to read it.

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Will you read it to us?

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All right.

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Having taken a hold of the map, the pirates set off to find the stolen treasure, and they walked on and on.

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The road was winding, and went up and down.

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Finally, that very pine appeared in the distance.

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It towered almost 200 feet above the thicket.

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Sensing that the treasure was close, the pirates rushed forward.

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Even Silver hopped along on his peg leg.

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After a moment, everyone was standing at a huge pit.

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It was dug a long time ago.

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Its edges were already crumbling and grass was growing at its bottom.

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There were old boards from boxes lying around, but there was no chest filled with untold riches.

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Someone had already been there and had stolen the treasure right out from under the noses of the pirates.

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700 ,000 pounds had disappeared.

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So what happened after that?

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Yeah, who stole the treasure from there?

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Read it.

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Read it?

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But reading's boring, you said.

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Then don't read.

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I don't care.

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Me neither.

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Oh, it's the guy who thinks reading is boring.

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What?

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I wasn't reading.

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I was looking at the pictures.

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I can't believe you.

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You're reading it without me?

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Grab it!

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Chewsocka, this is not yours.

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Give me back my book.

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Pull it harder, harder.

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Yes.

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Oh, this is bad.

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That book was his grandma's present.

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We'll fix it.

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In ancient times, people copied books by hand, but now they are made in printing houses.

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First a mock -up is produced to place the text and pictures where they belong.

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The pages are then transferred to metal plates which are loaded onto rollers.

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Ink on the rollers is pressed onto paper as it passes through the printer.

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The pages are then trimmed to size and stacked into reams.

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Next the pages are put into order, stitched together into the inner book, and finally glued to the cover.

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Good.

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Now carefully.

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Great job.

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So now can you read the book to me?

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I think it's someone's time to go to bed right now.

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Just a little more, okay?

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So, it's not boring then?

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It's not!

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Tom Thomas, were you reading?

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Mom, Treasure Island is really great!

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You were right!

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It's the number one coolest present!

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I am so glad you like it.

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But why don't you continue reading tomorrow?

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Now it's time for bed.

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All right.

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You've managed to wear it out already.

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Well, me and Chewsocka, we were fighting over the book.

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I think she also wanted to read it.

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The Weather Station So what's the word?

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Did you finish your homework yet?

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Uh -huh.

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Way to go.

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So now you'll finish drawing us, yeah?

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I don't know.

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Katya.

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Let's go outside.

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Finally, we have some nice weather.

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Our weather station says it'll be sunny for the rest of the day.

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What weather station?

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Our new home one.

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I just bought it yesterday.

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Come on, I'll show you.

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She's never got time for us.

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It's always school or homework or who knows what.

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Like sleep and right now she's going out for a walk.

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Thanks to new technology this time, you've got to admit, that device is pretty cool.

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A home weather station is a smart thermometer.

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It measures the current weather conditions outside and predicts what the weather will be like over the next few hours.

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And not just the temperature, but also the speed of the wind and whether you can expect any rain or snow.

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In order to do this job, the station needs two parts an outdoor sensor, and an indoor bay station with a screen to display the information.

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Many of today's weather stations can also send this information to your smartphone.

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Told you!

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It's a great gadget!

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I'll shoot a review after our walk.

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Uh -huh.

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I'll go get ready.

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And what do you think Katya and her mom will do if we go and change the weather a little?

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With the power of our minds?

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Not quite with the power of a fixie tab.

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Time for a little magic.

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We did it!

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There we go.

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You going?

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Tweek, I promise you, I'll draw you after my walk.

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All right?

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Of course that's all right.

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It's only that I saw the forecast is predicting rain.

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Uh -huh.

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Like I really believe that.

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Katya, grab an umbrella.

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The forecast just changed.

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But that's not a big deal, right? Who cares?

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A little rain won't hurt us.

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That's what we've got umbrellas for.

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Actually, I forget where I saw it last.

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Will you help me find it?

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All right.

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What are you going to say now?

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It's here.

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What?

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Mom, check it out.

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Wow, did it get colder.

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Let's grab our scarves.

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Keek, let me do it.

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The End Since ancient times people have tried to predict the weather.

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At first their predictions were made by interpreting signs.

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If birds were flying low it meant it would rain.

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If the night sky was clear it would be freezing the next day.

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In the 17th century when Galileo Galilei invented the thermometer, the science of meteorology was born.

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In those days a weathercock or weathervane was used to show what direction the wind was blowing.

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And a device called a hydrometer would show how humid the air was.

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Today all of the changes in the weather are registered by sensors.

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Their data is being collected every second and is processed by powerful computers.

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And that's not all!

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There are satellites orbiting the Earth that are collecting data about the weather down here from up into outer space.

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I'm not sure if the weather's gone crazy or if this weather station has.

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Should we check what it says on the internet?

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Good idea.

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Where's my phone?

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Hey, Fixies.

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What are you planning on doing next?

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Get out of there or just forget about me drawing you.

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What else could we do to keep you at home?

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Stop your sulking.

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I can draw an extra picture of you after my walk.

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Yeah!

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Tideesh!

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But only if you fix the weather station you broke.

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What do you mean?

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We didn't break it.

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So you two.

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Peace?

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Peace.

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It looks like our weather station got it all wrong.

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I just made peace with it.

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It needed a restart.

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Now it's working fine.

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What a smart girl you are.

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Then let's go before the weather changes again.

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What shall we do while they're away?

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Go stroll together?

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Hey, look, Tweak.

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Now it's really showing rain.

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And they forgot to take umbrellas.

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That's why the forecast must have changed.

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If you forget your umbrella, count on getting rained on.

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The Quest Oh, colleagues!

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I've been looking for you.

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Can you help?

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Just a minute, Professor.

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We're finishing up a quest.

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Uh, the what?

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The quest.

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It's a game.

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Hmm, now chess I've heard of.

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And backgammon, of course. But quest?

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I don't know that one.

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Wow!

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I thought you knew everything.

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You're a professor.

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Sure, I'm a professor, of course.

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That's very true.

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It's just I haven't, um, played it, that's all.

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You've never been on a quest before?

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Uh, yeah, but I'm not much for kids' games.

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I have an image to uphold.

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The quest is not just for kids.

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A quest is made up of many different tasks that the players have to complete in order to win the prize, like a treasure, for example.

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First the players learn the lore of the game.

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Depending on the quest, they can be detectives, Ghostbusters, or even astronauts.

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The players can explore lots of different locations while looking for clues, or they can arrange a quest right at home.

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You just have to come up with the story and the tasks.

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Then invite your friends and let the game begin.

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Good luck on your quest.

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I'm gonna go and...

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How about going on a quest, Professor?

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I'd love to, but science awaits, my friends.

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I, uh...

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Are you scared you might lose, Professor?

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Me?

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Pfft!

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How long does one of these quests take?

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Ten minutes.

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Ten?

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I'll do it in five.

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Okay, you're a seasoned detective.

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In this quest, you're investigating the mysterious disappearance of a valuable museum artifact.

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Something's gone missing?

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Don't worry, that's only the lure.

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I think I understand.

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Now find the missing item before the thieves escape with it.

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Wait, Katya!

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The timer's on.

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Where do I start?

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Hey, look for the clue.

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Ah, there it is.

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What is it?

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It's a fragment of a picture.

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No hinting.

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Yes, Nolik, I've figured it out.

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Now I just have to find the others.

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Ah, there's another fragment.

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Now where are the other two?

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This looks to me like an animal cell.

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Is this the missing artifact?

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That's not it.

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It's over there!

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I've got it!

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It's over there!

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Okay, let's see now.

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Did you break the skeleton's finger?

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Sure, for the quest.

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Don't worry, Professor.

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Just put it back.

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The first quests appeared a long time ago.

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In ancient Rome, quests were tales of great heroes' adventures.

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In the 19th century, a popular game had players searching through their cities for notes marked with secret codes.

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At the 20th century's end, computer quests became all the rage.

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These computer games were simple at first, but then entire lifelike virtual worlds appeared, where you could walk through simulated locations looking for clues.

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One day, a man met a woman playing a virtual computer game.

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She was stuck in a room searching for an exit.

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And he had an idea.

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What if somebody could recreate an exciting quest and put it inside a real, actual room?

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And that's how quests like ours began.

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Now everyone in the world can enjoy them.

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Almost there, Professor. Where?

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Here?

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Time's up.

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Just a little more time.

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I don't think these quests are for me.

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Hey, I think I found it.

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Tideesh!

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Quest complete!

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You finished your first quest.

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Yay!

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I, a respected professor, on a quest for a chocolate trophy.

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Uh -huh.

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Why are you eating it, Professor Eugenius?

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I'm eating it, so no one else will steal it.

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The Fitness Tracker What's with all the stomping?

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It feels like we're having an earthquake in the TV.

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Huh?

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Sorry, Nolik.

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I'm trying out this fitness tracker.

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Awesome!

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It's yours?

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My mom's.

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She uses it for working out.

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So it belongs to your mom, but you're trying it out?

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She left it at home today, so I just, uh, borrowed it.

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Now that I think of it, I'm helping her out.

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How?

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My mom told me that you need to walk 10 ,000 steps every single day.

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So I'll walk them for her, and the tracker will count them.

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10 ,000 steps, are you sure?

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How can you do that in one day?

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A fitness tracker can help you maintain a healthy, fit lifestyle.

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It has different built -in sensors.

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They measure your heart rate, blood pressure, count your steps throughout the day, and can even serve as your alarm clock.

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Everything gets recorded and displayed on the screen.

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But remember, all the tracker does is count and display numbers.

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It's up to you to do the getting up, walking, running, and exercising.

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But I'm sure you can handle that.

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One hundred ninety -nine, two hundred, two hundred and one, two hundred and two, two hundred and three.

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At this pace you'll be at it all day.

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Try running instead.

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That's more like it.

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All right, all right.

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Keep it up.

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Keep it up, keep it up.

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Enough.

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I think 500 steps is enough for me.

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But what about your mom?

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She'll be tired at the end of the day.

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Who's going to get her steps in?

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Ugh.

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Now I'm done.

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Let me do it.

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Come on, Nolik, you've got this!

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Nope.

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Maybe we should put the tracker on Chewsocka.

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No, wait.

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We can finish this ourselves.

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Right, Tom Thomas?

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Exercise is one of the best things you can do for your health.

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Although not everyone has the strength or makes enough time for it, there's actually an easy way to keep yourself in shape.

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Walking.

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Preferably outdoors if you can.

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Every day.

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To make it easier to walk long distances, you can try using walking poles.

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This style is known as Nordic walking.

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Or if the weather outside is bad, you can walk on a treadmill inside.

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You can try walking at different speeds and inclines on a treadmill.

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Or you can try race walking.

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Race walkers use a special walking technique and can cover dozens of miles, set records, and even compete in the Olympic Games.

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9 ,900.

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98, 9 ,999?

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Stop!

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What?

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Didn't you say a person needs to walk 10 ,000 steps a day? So?

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Well, what if you take more steps than that?

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What do you think could happen?

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Well, maybe your legs could fall off.

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Tom Thomas, I'm home.

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Come help me with the groceries, please.

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What do I do now?

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Sit still and don't take any steps.

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Just don't move.

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Tom Thomas, I've been calling you.

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Didn't you hear?

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Yeah, I did, but I can't move.

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And why not?

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Because I've already walked 10 ,000 steps for the day.

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Well, that's wonderful, dear.

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But what's wrong?

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I can't walk any more than that.

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You can walk as much as you want to.

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One day, I walked 20 ,000 steps.

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Sometimes that's what it's like at work.

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Now come help me and we'll go walk in the park, okay?

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Park!

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Park!

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The Crane We did it!

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The first floor of our Fixie skyscraper is done!

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And only a hundred floors left to go.

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I got this!

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Let me try and help you.

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We need something a bit bigger and stronger.

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Oh!

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DJ, come here.

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Wow!

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With this crane, we could build an actual skyscraper.

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A crane is a very tall tower used for building things with a long arm called a jib.

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The jib has a rope with a hook which lifts up the cargo.

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But building a crane isn't easy.

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You need a big cargo truck.

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And finally, once the crane is nearly built, they put on a climbing frame.

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It's like a big metal frame on the tower.

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It builds itself using these new frames.

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They just keep going until it's as tall as it needs to be.

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A little left, more, a little more, a little lower, now more left.

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Building a tower?

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Dive scraper!

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Well, let's hurry then.

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Lower, go on.

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That's it.

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Now that's how it's done, Nolik.

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But now it's crooked.

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See?

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It's fine.

596

I have an eye for these things.

597

Digit, grab the next one.

598

No, use the green one.

599

It's pretty.

600

Actually, red.

601

No, use the green one. Or yellow?

602

So wait, which one?

603

Take the blue one.

604

Did you stop?

605

If we keep arguing like this, we'll never finish.

606

But Fire, we want it to be pretty.

607

It doesn't need to be pretty.

608

Just tall, right?

609

Don't you guys have a blueprint?

610

We hadn't really thought about all that.

611

No blueprint?

612

Your tower's gonna fall.

613

It's fine so far.

614

What's most important is that it's pretty.

615

No, you're wrong.

616

You need a plan.

617

Digit, don't worry.

618

Just keep going.

619

Get the green one.

620

Lift it.

621

Wait, not yet.

622

Simka, we'll take care of this while you draw a plan.

623

Without a plan, you can't build.

624

And it really won't be beautiful.

625

This is ridiculous.

626

Let's all draw a plan.

627

First we have to make sure the colors match.

628

It's fine, just go.

629

But it needs a blueprint.

630

It doesn't matter if it's ugly.

631

It needs a plan.

632

Oh my goodness, just stop.

633

People, when you just go, they're going to be super fast.

634

In ancient times, humans lived in caves.

635

Eventually, they made pit houses.

636

Take a pit, stack some logs, boom!

637

Problem was, these were pretty dark inside.

638

Later, people learned how to make houses from stones.

639

The first multi -story houses appeared in ancient Rome thousands of years ago.

640

These were called insoli.

641

Over the years, we learned how to build taller.

642

At the end of the 19th century in America, they built the first 10 -story building.

643

People thought it was so tall, it could touch the sky.

644

That's where they got.. the term skyscraper.

645

I suppose they also could have called it a cloud scraper.

646

Today, the world's tallest building is in Dubai.

647

It's a skyscraper 163 stories tall.

648

It's not a plan.

649

It'll be a map.

650

Hey, stop fighting.

651

Look, it's done, guys.

652

Cool.

653

I believe it's actually super cool.

654

You did an amazing job.

655

She's right.

656

That's a pretty sweet building.

657

But you gotta fix that block over there.

658

Can you move the spire, please?

659

Oh, be careful!

660

Aw, it used to be cool. But it was pretty

661

Should have had a plan

662

That's alright guys

663

We'll build a new one I guess so

664

But we could use a few more supervisors

665

The Safety Harness Hey Nolik I say we go scare Elisa What do you think?

666

Yeah I'm in Alright let's go

667

Hey Nolik Where are you going?

668

What about the rock climbing?

669

We changed our plans for you.

670

Getting some lessons was your idea.

671

You're right.

672

Fire, I'm sorry.

673

I wish we could play our trick, but they invited me.

674

I invited you too, didn't I?

675

But you did it later.

676

You want to join us?

677

No, thanks.

678

Fire, are you upset with me?

679

Just go already.

680

They're tired of waiting around.

681

Why did Nolik do that?

682

Just trade me in for the new kids.

683

Just you waiting, Nolik.

684

you'll be crying your heart out to be with me.

685

There we go!

686

Pull yourself up!

687

This harness is just getting in my way.

688

Look where fire climbed all the way to!

689

And without any of these ropes!

690

You know, maybe it's less comfortable with a safety harness, but I'm sure I wouldn't want to fall without one.

691

Rock climbers wear special belts called climbing harnesses with loops on them.

692

Fastened to one of the loops is a hook with a lock called a carabiner.

693

The carabiner is connected to a secure rope protecting the climber from a dangerous fall.

694

By the way, safety harnesses?

695

They're not just for mountain climbing.

696

They protect window cleaners on skyscrapers and aerial gymnasts under the circus big top.

697

And come to think of it, a seatbelt in a car is a safety harness too!

698

Really?

699

No reaction?

700

Then wait till you see these, Nolik!

701