Lead in the Neighborhood

	Sherman Holmes,		Henry Lee,
	Agatha Krispy, and		Elisa Perez,

are in school.

	Ms. Marble, their teacher, says to the class, "There is something dangerous
in our neighborhood. Do you know what it is?

Sherman,

Henry,

Agatha, and Elisa

Elisa do not know.

	Ms. Marble says, "We have lead in our neighborhood. There is lead in old paint. There
is lead in the flakes from old paint. There is lead in the dust from old paint."

Lead is bad for you if it gets inside your body,"
says the teacher. "It can make you sick. It can hurt
your brain and make it hard for you to learn. But
you can keep lead out of your body. I'll tell you how."

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