Curious McCarthy's Electric Ideas

Curious McCarthy's Electric Ideas — page 3 — Plenty apparently Edison was dragging his feet across the carpet When he reached Charlotte he touched her elbow OUCH she shouted Edison you shocked me Edison laughed Suddenly John Glenn and Benjamin were dragging their feet across the floor They held out their fingers and shocked each other trying for a bigger shock each time

Curious McCarthy's Electric Ideas — page 4 — Look at that said Dad The electricity may be out but the boys decided to make their own electricity They are moving electrons Now that’s using your imaginations 4 Anne and I slipped off our shoes We pushed back two purple chairs That gave us more room

Curious McCarthy's Electric Ideas — page 5 — to drag our stocking feet across the carpet We looked at the carpet under where the chairs had been I observed three centimeters of dust two pennies and one orange toothbrush Anne and I each grabbed a penny and left the rest We could not be expected to vacuum with no electricity right Dad grabbed the toothbrush He said You never know when this might come in handy 5 Anne and I joined the three boys and tried to make bigger and bigger shocks by touching one another John Glenn’s hair was sticking up That was from the static electricity I looked at Anne Her long hair was in a ponytail It didn’t stick up

Curious McCarthy's Electric Ideas — page 6 — I shuffled past a mirror My hair is on the messy side on an average day But today it was wild A few hairs were standing straight up from my scalp That’s an attractive look Curious said Charlotte Charlotte and Emily didn’t join in with our static game They are both in middle school which means that they are too mature for static electricity

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