One day Grandma and Grandpa rode on a big plane to a country called India. Snoopy asked to go along.
Here is Snoopy buckled into his airplane seat. He believes in being safe. He says the pillows make his seat extra soft and comfortable.
India is a very different country from where you live. The buildings look different. . .
The doors look different. This door was made to keep the Sultan safe. He had many treasures inside and didn’t want robbers to be able to get in and steal them!
The people in India look different, too. Their skin is brown and their hair is black. The women love to wear bright colors and lots of jewelry, and they always keep their heads covered with a scarf.
The streets in India look different, too. Cows wander all over the place. Snoopy said to tell you that you have to be very careful where you step. Can you guess why?
Cars are very expensive, so many people use animals to pull their wagons and carts. It is okay in India for these carts to go right down the middle of a street. Cars and trucks don’t slow down. They just go zooming right past them honking all the time. Everybody in India honks! It is a very noisy place.
Even camels are used to pull and carry things.
People used their bicycles like trucks to carry heavy things.
Sometimes they try to carry too much, and then. . .Oops! Up goes the donkey! 
People use different kinds of brooms in India to do their work.
In India they use muscle instead of machines. Here they are lifting a heavy stone up the side of a building using a ramp, a piece of rope, lots of men, and lots of sweat. Grandma and Grandpa watched them work for 30 minutes. They still have a long way to go to get to the top. 
In India, they make rugs by hand. Snoopy is sending a rug home to Bountiful for you to see. We will walk on it together.
This man cuts colored rocks into tiny shapes. Then he uses the little shapes to make beautiful flower patterns in stone tables and vases. Sometimes his fingers bleed because he has to hold them so close to the spinning wheel. He gave Snoopy a little elephant so you can see how little he cuts the rocks and how they are glued together to make beautiful patterns. The Taj Mahal has walls covered with these stone designs.
Old buildings in India are very beautiful. Instead of curtains or blinds, the rich people used carved stone to cover their windows. That way cool breezes would blow inside and keep their rooms cool.
When it was really hot, Snoopy rested in a stone carving so the cool breezes would make him feel better.
Shhhhhhh. . . Snoopy is taking a nap on a hot afternoon.
Snoopy is being very SILLY. He wants to know if you can find him hiding on this gate in front of the President’s House?
Snoopy tried to make a new friend in India. He didn’t know that you have to be very careful around monkeys. They have sharp teeth and they will bite, so Grandma quickly put him back in her pocket to keep him safe.
Goodbye from Grandma and Grandpa. It’s time to go back to Hong Kong.
1 comment:
Very cute story. I loved it. I read it to Timothy and he kept pointing at the pictures. India looks beautiful!
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