Last week, Jackson brought home an ingenious paper-sack suitcase on which he had glued a map of North America, and various pictures and fact pages. Thus, this ensuing conversation this evening:
J: Grandma, let's look at Google Earth.
G: where do you want to go on Google Earth?
J: Well, we got another suitcase today of South America.
G: (pulling up Google Earth on the laptop) So what continent is this?
J: North America
G: What countries are in North America?
J: (pointing) This is the United States, and this is Canada where they speak English and French, and this is Mexico where they speak Spanish and a little English.
G: So where is South America?
J: Zoom down here. This continent is South America.
G: Do you know any of the countries?
J: Yes, one is Argentina. Let's go there.
G: OK, here's Argentina.
J: Let's zoom to one of the cities.
G: OK, this is Buenos Aires.
J: (randomly pointing to a dot on the screen) Let's zoom to see what this is.
G: It says this is Casa Rosada, and it means "pink house". It's the building where their president's office is.
J: Hey, our president works at the White House and their president works at the Pink House. That's funny!
J: Now let's look up the argentinosaurus.
G: What's that?
J: Well, it's a dinosaur and a paleontologist found the bones in Argentina. It was a very large dinosaur and it was a herbivore and it weighed as much as 20 elephants. So can we look for a museum about that on this map?
G: I'll research that and maybe we can look at it tomorrow night.
The above story is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I'm not smart enough to make this stuff up.
The End
J: Grandma, let's look at Google Earth.
G: where do you want to go on Google Earth?
J: Well, we got another suitcase today of South America.
G: (pulling up Google Earth on the laptop) So what continent is this?
J: North America
G: What countries are in North America?
J: (pointing) This is the United States, and this is Canada where they speak English and French, and this is Mexico where they speak Spanish and a little English.
G: So where is South America?
J: Zoom down here. This continent is South America.
G: Do you know any of the countries?
J: Yes, one is Argentina. Let's go there.
G: OK, here's Argentina.
J: Let's zoom to one of the cities.
G: OK, this is Buenos Aires.
J: (randomly pointing to a dot on the screen) Let's zoom to see what this is.
G: It says this is Casa Rosada, and it means "pink house". It's the building where their president's office is.
J: Hey, our president works at the White House and their president works at the Pink House. That's funny!
J: Now let's look up the argentinosaurus.
G: What's that?
J: Well, it's a dinosaur and a paleontologist found the bones in Argentina. It was a very large dinosaur and it was a herbivore and it weighed as much as 20 elephants. So can we look for a museum about that on this map?
G: I'll research that and maybe we can look at it tomorrow night.
The above story is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I'm not smart enough to make this stuff up.
The End
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