(Show the children a sponge.) Here is a sponge! What do we see all over
the sponge? We see little holes. There is another name for these--we
call them =pores=. (Write "pores" on Blackboard.) What comes out on your
forehead sometimes on a hot day? Drops of water come out. They come
through tiny holes in the skin, so tiny that we cannot see them, and
these also are called pores.
Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was to be a grand procession in
a fine old city called Rome, and a little golden-haired child was gilded
all over his body to represent "The Golden Age" in the procession. When
it was over the little child was soon dead. Can you guess why? The pores
in his skin had been all stopped up with the gilding, so that the damp,
warm air could not get out, and that caused his death.
You see, then, that we breathe with these little pores, just as we
breathe with our nose and mouth, and if the pores were all closed up we
should die. Now you will understand why we have to be washed and bathed.
What is it that the dirt does to your pores? It stops them up, so
(Blackboard)
To be Healthy, We must be Clean.