Betty and Sam, nine-year-old friends, are given a project by their grumpy teacher, Miss
Broadchalk: WHAT MAKES US HUMAN BEINGS? They begin to grapple with the
challenge by observing nature all around them and conclude that animals do everything
better than we humans. Downhearted, they seek help from Betty’s uncle, Professor
Humphrey Tanglewire, a retired inventor. His enthusiasm cheers them up, and he gives
them the key word – “HANDS” – and 12 questions to answer.
Betty and Sam then enter upon a journey of exploration of the structure and function of the
human hand as compared with animal limbs, and the connection between the large human
brain and the many activities of the human hand – hands at work, hands that create, hands
that “talk,” hands that “see,” hands that make music, hands in sports, hands that love, and
finally how each human hand is different and how each one of us can be identified by his
or her fingerprints. All in all, the children decide that
“YOUR HANDS ARE YOU!”
Grumpy “Chalky” becomes a joyous, smiling teacher after she goes over Betty and
Sam’s project folder. She gives them top marks. For the rest of the morning, all classes
are cancelled, to the delight of the whole class, in order to make time for Betty and Sam
to present their work.
The children become the heroes of the day.
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