Graces Stories

                      What Is Sick?                  You know when you get sick you get a stuffy nose, an icky cough, and a headache, but the reason why is because of germs. Germs are tiny little bugs and they are so little you can’t see them! But germs crawl around and they get inside of you and try to get you sick, but you have a army in your body and the army is called white blood cells and they fight and fight all day and night to keep you from getting sick, but sometimes some germs sneak past them and they get you sick. Sometimes you can get this thing called infection and that happens when you fall and get a cut or scratch and the germ sneak passed your army. But there is a bunch of ways to get sick and your army gets weaker and weaker each day, which is why you need to eat your fruits and vegetables and drink lots of milk, juice, and water, because they will make your army stronger