Lights Out!

Lights Out!

The light bulb went out! Mama, Mama, " cried the girls. It is dark! We cannot see! Mama answered, I'll change the light bulb.

Shaneka wants to know about light bulbs. " Who made the very first light bulb?" shenow asks. " A very smart person invented it! " answers Tanya. " And a very smart person inproved it, " says Mama.

Mama tells the girls about Thomas Edison. He lived a long time ago. He was always asking questions. He wanted to know how things worked. He loved to try new things.

When Thomas Edison grew up, he wanted to make a better light bulb. He hired people to work with him. Their first light bulb did not work well. The light stopped working too soon.

Thomas Edison worked very hard. He wanted to make a better light bulb. He tried many different experiments. An experiment is a kind of test. It helps people learn new things.