Hands and Nails By Abigail S. M (age 12)

                                         Part 1: What Hands Can Do

1: Spank

2: Grab

3: Grasp

4: Hold things

5: Push someone into the water by accident (but say sorry afterwards, of course)

6: Sew

7: Embroider a napkin in the Elizabethan times

8: Knit

9: Crochet

10: Make cakes

11: Cut nails

12: Swim

13: Support yourself as in doing a handstand like Gabby Douglas

14: Write something like a novel (I’m going to be a novelist when I grow up)

15: Mop

16: Sweep

17: Stir pots of ugali (yellow cornmeal with water)

18: Lift weights

19: Hold a toddler’s hand when walking with them

20: Shake hands

21: Do loads of dishes

22: Do loads of laundry

23: Throw toy spiders (especially big ones) at younger siblings for fun (If they don’t like it say sorry and don’t do it again)

24: Make TEA (I do this all the time)

25: Use spoons, forks, and knives

26: Scrub

27: Erase bad-looking letters, especially if you’re a perfectionist

28: Drive

29: Scratch heads covered with dandruff

30: Open new BOOKS! (I love books)

31: Wash hair

32: Put on clothes

33: Tie watches onto your wrist

34: Squeeze

35: Hit

36: Pat

37: Rub something raw

38: Caress

39: Put band-aids on screaming youngsters

40: Cut with scissors

41: Color pictures (especially if you’re an artist)

42: Hang around lazily

43: Do absolutely nothing

44: Turn PAGES!

45: Play pianos

46: Draw bows across violins

47: Strum guitars, banjos, etc.

48: Press

49: Knead dough

50: Wave good-bye to someone as the train pulls away (whether you’re on the train or not)

51: DO NOT DO!!! Pick your nose, etc.

52: Paint like Raphael, Van Gogh, etc.

53: Touch

54: Feel

55: Scrape junk off the bottoms of pans, pots, etc.

56: Twist a toy crocodile’s neck

57: Pinch

58: Drop a glass gallon of milk

59: Poke

60: Slap a beetle with a fly-swatter

61: DO NOT DO!!! Suck your finger (like our baby brother Benjamin)

           I can’t think of anything else just now. If I’ve forgotten something….

                                       

 Part 2: What Nails Can Do

1: Look pretty when painted with nail-polish

2: Protect skin under the nails

3: Provide a place where dead cells can go

4: A hand-powered utensil for scratching

5: Grow too long

                                           I guess that’s about it!