Contents 3
STAGE ONE 3
1 As Others See Us 3
2 Riddles 6
3 Codes and Ciphers 10
4 Fables 13
5 Aesop and His Fables 18
6 The Spider's Story 25
7 Christmas Day 31
8 Deepavali 36
9 Living Together 39
10 The Chemistry Teacher 45
11 Unwelcome Silence 52
12 Chance 57
13 The Unhappy Hero 62
14 Faithful Hachiko 69
15 A Useful Stick 74
16 A Discussion 81
17 Training the Astronauts 92
18 Strange Minds 99
19 The Boy Who Painted Cats 107
20 Fairy Tales 114
21 The Enchanted Princess 117
22 The Bird of Truth 128
23 Proverbs 131
24 Legends 137
25 The Gift of Fire 142
26 Better Known as Mark Twain 148
27 A Matter of Honor 155
28 Lincoln's Autobiography 163
29 The Light of a Torch 168
30 The Start of a Horse Race 174
31 Danger—Keep Off! 180
32 Originality Is Not Everything 185
33 The Blanket 190
34 The Swan's Friends 196
35 Factory Life—a Student's Experience 201
STAGE TWO 209
1 Clocks Through Time 209
2 Why Cities Grew 214
3 Glass 218
4 Earthquake Prediction in China 224
5 Searching for a Uniform Sign Language 228
6 Origin of Language 232
7 How Languages Change 236
8 The Study of Words 240
9 Ability to Learn 245
10 Remembering and Forgetting 249
11 The Penny Post 254
12 Stamps and Stamp Collecting 258
13 Cleaning and Mounting Stamps 261
14 Making a Fim 264
15 Sightseeing in London 270
16 The British Museum 278
17 Sport in Britain 282
18 Schools in England and Wales 287
19 Freedom to Learn 292
20 Engineers of the Woods 300
21 New York City 306
22 Washington,D.C 313
23 The Weather and What to Pack 318
24 The Meaning of Science 321
25 He Called It Penicillin 327
26 Pavlov 332
27 John Gorrie—the Doctor Who Invented Air Conditioning and Refrigeration 338
28 Radar 346
29 The Computer 350
30 A Giant Leap for Mankind 356
31 Helicopters—Aeroplanes of Many Uses 363