Secret Treasures and Magical Measures Revealed Adventures in Measuring

Chapter One: General Measuring Concepts "So what ingredients do we need for your antidote?" Tennessee asks Punfucius."I bet you'd like to know!" Punfucius barks at the startled explorer."Don't mind Punfucius," Queen Far soothes. "He is very secretive about his potions.""The shrinking antidote is a secret Punfucius family recipe, handed down from one generation to the next," King Lung explains."But the reader is going to need to know what to measure and how to measure it," Tennessee tries to reason with the wise man."The reader will be provided the information that he or she needs when he or she needs it, and not a second before," Punfucius bristles. "My queen, are you practicing your throat scales again?""No, why?""Because the ceiling is shaking and dirt is falling on my -- "All of a sudden an angry ant falls through the ceiling and onto Punfucius, its huge mandibles snapping for his neck! Queen Far moves quickly and bonks it on the nose with her tuning fork. It retreats down a separate passage."These ants are starting tobugme," Punfucius says, then passes out from fear."There's no time to lose!" yells Tennessee. "Let's get measuring!"Please help Tennessee and the Flungs find the secret antidote they need to grow out of their shrunken state.TOOLS AND UNITSKing Lung revives Punfucius with a twisting arm pinch."Sorry about that," Punfucius says. "Now how exactly does your little machine there work?""You tell me what you need measured, I type it in my PalmSpring 7000, and the reader answers your question," Tennessee explains."The reader is going to need to use a bunch of different tools to measure the things that I need measured," Punfucius warns."Like what?" Tennessee prods."Is this a trick?" Punfucius asks. "Are you working for the Mungs?""There's something fishy about you," King Lung chimes in."I think he's a Mung spy," Queen Far adds."If you are, we'll turn you into an ant sandwich," Punfucius threatens. "Hold the onions." TO:Dearest ReaderFROM:Tennessee ToledoSUBJECT:Measuring real thingsHi. It's getting a little nasty down here. I need to prove to Punfucius and the Flungs that you and I can work together. I need you to do two things.1)Write down which measuring tool is the best one to measure the following things.2)Write down which unit of measure is the best one to use when you are measuring the following things.Pick from the list of measuring tools and units I have provided for you and please write down the answer next to the thing being measured. MEASURABLE ATTRIBUTES"Are you guys satisfied?" Tennessee asks."Completely," Queen Far assents."Undoubtedly," King Lung states."Then it's unanimous," Punfucius concludes. "We know what tools we can use to measure all kinds of things. Now let's discuss the particulars of our shrinkage problem.""Yes. Not only did our height and weight shrink," Queen Far explains. "All the clothes we had on and everything we were carrying at the time shrank, too.""For my antidote, I am going to need to make calculations involving all of the different ways that we shrunk and our stuff shrunk," Punfucius declares. "Tell your normal-size readers it would be mightybigof them if they could help." TO:Dearest ReaderFROM:Tennessee ToledoSUBJECT:More measuringHowdy. I need you to do two things for me.1)List THREE of the measurable attributes of the Flungs and some of their possessions.2)List what tools you would use to measure them.Pick from the list of physical attributes and measuring tools I have provided for you and write down the answer next to the thing being measured. I filled in a couple so you can see what I mean.Later. ENGLISH AND METRIC SYSTEMS"This is working out great!" Punfucius excKensler, Chris is the author of 'Secret Treasures and Magical Measures Revealed Adventures in Measuring' with ISBN 9780743235259 and ISBN 0743235258.