Curious McCarthy's Electric Ideas

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

Curious McCarthy's Electric Ideas — page 7 — You are probably wondering about our large family I have three older sisters They are Charlotte Emily and Anne They are named after the Brontë sisters who are three dead authors 6 I used to wonder why I wasn’t named after a famous author too It turns out that when I was born the family plan went wrong After three girls in a row my parents thought for sure they would finally have a boy They had a deal before they got married Mom who is an English professor got to name the girls after famous authors Dad who is a mechanical engineer got to name the boys He wanted to name them after engineers and inventors and stuff like that

Curious McCarthy's Electric Ideas — page 8 — When I showed up instead of a boy Dad got a little worried that he might get stuck with all girls So he got to name me He named me Curie after Madame Marie Curie But everyone calls me Curious Fortunately for Dad my three brothers came along My brothers are John Glenn Benjamin and Edison You might be able to figure out who they were named after 7 That is enough about my family Let’s get back to me I am a scientist As a scientist I make observations and do research I knew that lightning had something to do with electricity But how did the storm make the lights go out Did it have something to do with the breaker box I wondered just how light bulbs and

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