Friday, July 18, 2008

kid size


Hi there!

Glad you could be with me again today!

I have another question for you.

Look at the above cartoon I drew for today.

Is the boy bigger than the house?

(answers vary)

He sure LOOKS bigger, but maybe he is standing closer to the artist!

He could even be a skateboarding cartoon kid who lives in the house behind him!

There is also a cartoon SUN in the picture and a cartoon STAR.

Next question: Which is BIGGER--the SUN or the STAR?

In the cartoon drawing, the SUN is lots bigger-- BUT a STAR is MUCH farther away from us than our sun!

A STAR is SO FAR AWAY that it looks like a tiny sparkle of light in the night sky--but it could be MUCH bigger than our sun!

In fact, the tiny star you see at night COULD be a WHOLE LOT OF VERY DISTANT SUNS--so far away they just look like a single star!

Isn't that interesting?

See you tomorrow!

Uncle Tom


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