Healthy living . of healthand strength is to hold the body well, with the backstraight and the head high. No good soldier well, sit well, walk well. 2. Exercise Your Muscles. The muscles grow withuse. In certain diseases something happens to thenerves, so that a leg or an arm perhaps cannot be a leg or arm shrivels up and grows small and the contrary, a child who uses his muscles, growsstronger all the time. Dont be lazy. Exercise till youare tired, and each day you can do a little more thanthe day before. Learn to swim and to ride, if you to play all
Healthy living . of healthand strength is to hold the body well, with the backstraight and the head high. No good soldier well, sit well, walk well. 2. Exercise Your Muscles. The muscles grow withuse. In certain diseases something happens to thenerves, so that a leg or an arm perhaps cannot be a leg or arm shrivels up and grows small and the contrary, a child who uses his muscles, growsstronger all the time. Dont be lazy. Exercise till youare tired, and each day you can do a little more thanthe day before. Learn to swim and to ride, if you to play all sorts of athletic games, and partic- SOME RULES FOR HEALTH 217 ularly those games, like football and baseball andbasket ball, that involve team play and teach you tocooperate with others for the common good. 3. Keep Your Skin Healthy. Health, as we haveseen, depends in large measure on the condition of thelittle blood vessels in the skin. Dont sit in a roomthat is too hot. Dont wear clothinor that is too hea\^.. Fig. 78.—The boy who learns to swim may be able to save his ownlife and that of others when an accident occurs. On the other hand, dont get chilled. Take a coldbath in the morning, if you find that you feel brisk andtoned up after it. 4. Breathe Fresh Air. Breathe deeply and get plentyof good air into your lungs. Sleep all the year roundwith your windows open. Play in the fresh air out-doors as much as you can. 5. Get Sufficient Rest. Dont forget that your bodyand your brain need rest as well as exercise. Get a 2i8 HEALTHY LIVING good long nights sleep, so as to feel fresh and vigorousfor the next day. 6. Eat Wisely. Learn to like all kinds of good foods,and particularly drink plenty of milk and eat all thefresh fruits and vegetables you can get. Dont eat toomuch candy or pastry. Eat slowly, and dont eat muchbetween meals. Drink plenty of water. Many chil-dren do not drink as much water as the body needs. 7. Avoid Poisons. Dont let your body be poisonedby decayed foo
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