But the
Eskimo children eat it and like it. The cold weather makes them like
to eat fat.
RUSSIA.
"Your nose! your nose, sir!" This is a cry often heard in the streets
of Russia.
Russia is a very large country. Part of it is in Europe. A great part
of it is very cold. When a person in the cold part of Russia goes out
riding in winter, he has to cover his face, all except the nose and
eyes. Sometimes his nose gets very cold, and would freeze if some one
did not cry out, "Your nose, sir!" Why? When one's nose gets so cold,
it becomes numb. It has no feeling. One would not know that it was
freezing if some person did not cry out. The cold nose must then be
rubbed with snow. You would think this a strange way to keep it from
freezing, but it is the best way to take out the frost.
There are many kinds of houses in Russia. The houses have to be made
very warm. So they are built with double walls. In rich people's
houses they have stoves like ours. But in the poor people's houses the
stoves are built of brick. They always burn wood, for coal costs too
much in Russia. The stoves are sometimes built very high. Often they
are as high as the ceiling.
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