. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. ive in towns have seen thestreets lighted by e-lec-tric-i-ty. But in Franklinstime there were no such lights. People knew verylittle about this strange thing with a big name. But Franklin found out many things about itthat nobody had ever known before. He beganto think that the little sparks he got from, e-lec-tric-i-ty were small flashes of lightning. He thoughtthat the little cracking sound of these sparks wasa kind of baby thunder. So he thought that he would try to catch a littlebit of lightning. Perhaps he could put it into oneof the litt
. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. ive in towns have seen thestreets lighted by e-lec-tric-i-ty. But in Franklinstime there were no such lights. People knew verylittle about this strange thing with a big name. But Franklin found out many things about itthat nobody had ever known before. He beganto think that the little sparks he got from, e-lec-tric-i-ty were small flashes of lightning. He thoughtthat the little cracking sound of these sparks wasa kind of baby thunder. So he thought that he would try to catch a littlebit of lightning. Perhaps he could put it into oneof the little bottles used to hold e-lec-tric-i-ty. Thenif it behaved like e-lec-tric-i-ty, he would know whatit was. But catching lightning is not easy. Howdo you think he did it ? First he made a kite. It was not a kite just likea boys kite. He wanted a kite that would flywhen it rained. Rain would spoil a paper kite ina minute. So Franklin used a silk hand-ker-chiefto cover his kite, instead of paper. He put a little sharp-pointed wire at the top of 35 ^. Franklins Discovery.
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