My Visit to the World's Faire

I visited the World's Faire in Paris, France yesterday and today. I think the most exciting thing I came across was on the first day, when I found this new mode of transportation called the bicycle. It is an odd thing with two (and sometimes four) wheels, and in order to make it move one has to sit on it and push the pedals with their legs. I tried one out for myself, but it was very difficult and I kept getting the feeling that I was going to fall off. The man at the booth, Mr. William Dover, rode one of these contraptions with such ease that I believed there must have been some kind of sorcery going on! Alas, I kept on trying to ride this bicycle, and I eventually was able to ride all the way around the faire. Once I was able to do it the first time, each time after that was exceptionally easy, and it seems that riding a bicycle is one of those things that once one learns to do it, he does not soon forget.

On the second day, I also discovered another interesting invention. When I first saw this strange item they call 'the lightbulb', I was convinced that it was witchcraft. After seeing Mr. Dover ride the bicycle with such ease and then proceeding on to find a little bulb of glass creating light, you can't blame me for attributing it to sorcery! The lightbulb was simply a thin piece of glass shaped to form a sort of sphere, with a few tiny wires on the inside of it. However, with the flip of a switch, the man at the booth was able to fill the tiny bulb of glass with light! His name was Mr. Thomas Edison, and I would be lying if I said that people didn't believe he was a fraud. But, he let anyone who wanted to flip the same switch do so, and then we all saw for ourselves that this lightbulb was, in fact, real. Perhaps one day I will be able to get some light bulbs of my own to put throughout my house, because carrying around a candle at night can become quite tedious and has led to many accidental fires.

The World's Faire was such an interesting and exciting event to attend, and I am so fortunate to have been given the opportunity to do so. I came across so many new inventions that I never thought would be possible to create, and after seeing them all I am so anxious for years to come. I can't wait to tell all my family back home about the people I met and the things I witnessed, and I really hope I will be given the chance to attend the World's Faire again next year.