Your Skin and Mine

Your Skin and Mine

Mary's skin is light brown. So is Henry's. Mark's skin is dark brown. My skin is white with freckles. Mary and Henry and Mark are in my class at school.

The other day our teacher passed out some magnifying glasses. Mary and Mark and Henry and I took turns looking at our skin under a magnifying glass. You can do the same thing.

Hair is part of your skin, With a magnifying glass you can look at the hair that grows out of your skin. Short hairs grow on your arms and legs. Long hairs grow on your head. Each hair grows out of a little hole called a follicle.

A follicle is a kind of tiny pocket. The hair grows up from the bottom of the follicle. It sticks out of the follicle the way a flower sticks out of a vase. A follicle has oil in it. The oil keeps the hair soft and shiny. It oozes out of the follicle and helps keep the skin from getting too dry.