everywhere. Colors are beautiful. A toilet bowl is white. A panda is white and
black. A crow is black. The sky and the ocean are blue. An apple is red or green.
An orange is always orange, but the sun is sometimes orange. A stop light is red,
yellow, and green. A lemon is yellow. People are white, brown, or black. Fishes
and birds are many different colors. Hair is white, gray, brown, black, or red. A
golf ball and a baseball are white. A basketball is orange. A tennis ball is green. A
fire engine is red. A police car is black and white. The moon and the stars are
white. Grass is green, but dirt is brown. A fried egg is yellow and white. Your
blood is red. Your teeth are white. A stop sign is red and white. You cannot talk
about colors to blind people. They have never seen colors. That is sad.
58. Squares and Circles
Different shapes and forms are everywhere. Boxes and street signs are square or
rectangular. Balls and wheels are round. The sun and moon are round. Wedding
rings are round. Eggs and light bulbs are almost round. Pyramids and arrow tips
are triangular. Tables and books are square or rectangular. Doors and refrigerators
are rectangular. A stop sign has eight sides. A triangle has three sides. Pencils and
pens are long and round. Your toes are short and round. Many things have various
shapes. Humans and animals have various shapes. Faces have various shapes.
Clouds have various shapes. Houses and buildings have various shapes. Airplanes
have various shapes. Other things have weird shapes. Bicycles and tricycles have
weird shapes. Countries have weird shapes. Tools and machines have weird
shapes. Shapes can be beautiful, too. Boys think that a skateboard or a soccer ball
has a beautiful shape. Men think that women have the most beautiful shape of all.
59. Don't Be Stupid
Why do people do stupid things? Some people try to walk across freeways. They
get run over. Some people stand on the edge of cliffs. They slip and fall to their
death. Some people think a gun is not loaded. They point the gun at a friend. They
pull the trigger. They kill their friend. Some people want to watch a storm up close.
They go to the ocean. They feel the wind. They see the big waves. They are
excited. Then a big wave takes them out to sea. They drown. Many people drop out
of school. They say that school is boring. They want to have fun. School is not fun.
They hate homework. They get a job at McDonald's. All day long they ask the
customers, "Do you want fries with that?" Is that fun? No, but it is stupid. Some