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CHAPTER SEVEN

Getting Sick

Do you get sick? Germs are things that can make you sick. Germs can get in your body when you breathe and when you eat. Germs can get in your mouth from your fingers, too. Some germs get in your body when you get a cut in your skin.

Wash your hands with soap and water to get germs off your fingers. Wash your hands when it’s time to eat, after you go to the toilet, after you touch animals, and after you play outside.

Stop germs! There are germs in a sneeze. Catch sneezes in a tissue. Then throw the tissue in a wastebasket.

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