Pu Chen’s Candle Clock
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- Pu Chen's Candle Clock
- Written and Illustrated by Tschumi Qu and Nialan Young
- Pu Chen was a boy living in China in the 1500s.
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- Pu attends school while his father carries coals, his mother works at a restaurant, and they all take care of his brother Shin.
- One day, Pu was walking past the rice fields on his way to school.
- At that moment, he saw his aunt Chu, who told him that he needs to go home to take care of Shin.
- Even though it meant he would miss his test, Pu went home to take care of Shin.
- 5PM
- Mom, what is "5PM"?
- Pu's mom told him that the next day he needs to come home at 5pm.Pu wondered how he would know when it's 5pm.
- tschumi whats this slide for and if we discover this when we're reading it its your fault
- 4:00
- When Pu went to school the next day, his teacher allowed him to take the test again, since he only missed it to take care of his brother.
- While Pu was at school, it started to rain! This meant that Pu couldn't use the sundial to tell what time it is, so he went home immediately.
- It's raining and gloomy outside, so the sundial wouldn't work anymore!
- Pu rushed home so he could take care of Shin. Since he couldn't tell the time, he went home a whole hour earlier than he needed to!
- When he arrived at the house, he saw that Shin was even more sick than before.
- When the sky gets gloomy, sundial doesn't work
- Why are you home 1 hour early?
- Dad, how to tell time in the dark?
- Ah! Easy, I'll show you!
- But how do we use the moon to tell time?
- Pu, we can use the moon to tell time.
- When his mom asked him why he was home early, Pu told her why.
- Waning crescent
- i think we dont really need the part with the moon so imma leave it for now.
- Waxing crescent
- New Moon
- First Quarter
- Waxing Gibbous
- Full Moon
- Third Quarter
- Waning Gibbous
- But dad, you can only tell which day it is, but not the exact time......
- Emm......It's okay! You learned some very interesting things!
- Late at night, his Uncle Chu came in to bring candles as gifts for the mid-autumn festival.
- 10 CM
- 10 CM
- 10 CM = 1 HOUR20 CM = 2 HOUR
- 10 CM
- 10 CM
- 10 CM = 1 HOUR20 CM = 2 HOUR
- Late at night, his Uncle Chu came in to bring candles as gifts for the mid-autumn festival.
- Time's up! Now I need to go home!
- 5:00
- When Pu went to school the next day, his teacher allowed him to take the test again, since he only missed it to take care of his brother.
- Pu rushed home so he could take care of Shin. Since he couldn't tell the time, he went home a whole hour earlier than he needed to!
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