1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Dear Grandma and Grandpa. I wrote this letter to tell 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: you that I love you and I miss you. The 3 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: other day I planted a garden with my friends and 4 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: it was. 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 2: So much fun. I hope you missit me sometime soon. 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: Love Lisa, Lisa, that's. 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 2: A beautiful letter. Your grandma and grandpa will love it. 8 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's nice, But why would any want to write 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: a letter? It takes a long time to write and 10 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: even longer to deliver. Well, Callie, instead of telling you, 11 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: how about we go back in time to learn more 12 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: about letters. 13 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 2: That sounds fun. 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: Welcome to Storytime Bye, where we discover fascinating facts about 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: the world around us and the fun of play learning. 16 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: Come with us as we take a trip back in 17 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: time and learn about the history of letters and communication. 18 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 2: WHOA, where are we? 19 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: We have just traveled back more than five thousand years 20 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: and are in ancient Egypt inside the palace of the 21 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: pharaoh or king. 22 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 2: WHOA such a long time ago? That's right? 23 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: Can you believe that letters have been around for that long? 24 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: Probably even longer? Hello friends and the pharaoh issier and assistant. 25 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 2: You're just in time. The pharaoh need is your hope 26 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: to deliver a very important letter to the courier. What's 27 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 2: a career. Oh, a career like what I want to 28 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 2: be where I grow up. 29 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: Not a career elliott, A courier, ooh, what is that? 30 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: A courier is the person who delivers letters and packages. 31 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: It's similar to a postal worker who delivers lots and 32 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: lots of letters and packages. 33 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 2: Great, So where is this letter we need to deliver? 34 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: Here you go, friends. 35 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: That doesn't look like a letter. It looks like a 36 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: roll of old looking paper. 37 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 2: That's a roll of papyrus cowi. 38 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: In ancient Egypt, people wrote on special paper made out 39 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:41,559 Speaker 1: of a plant that lives in water. 40 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 2: Called a papyrus plant. 41 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: This special paper was one of the first kinds of 42 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: paper that people used to write on. 43 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 2: Oh ooh cool, I want to write my letter on papyrus. 44 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 2: Now we are all the symbols on the letter? 45 00:02:58,760 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: Are they? Og? 46 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 2: P no cowie. 47 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: Those are called Egyptian hieroglyphs. They are symbols and pictures 48 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: that the ancient Egyptians used instead of letters to represent 49 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: things and ideas, kind of like emojis. 50 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 2: I love emojis. 51 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: Couldn't they just into text message with emojis instead? 52 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 2: Well? 53 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: For a long time, people didn't have mobile phones or 54 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: computers to send text messages or emails. 55 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 2: So they had to deliver physical letters. That sounds hard. 56 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: They were very good at delivering letters. Many ancient civilizations, 57 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: like the Romans and the Greeks had very large delivery 58 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: systems and networks of people to be able to deliver 59 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: messages very far and fast. Cool. Well, it's delivered that letter, then, 60 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: thank you, mister vizier. Billy. 61 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 2: Can you fly this letter over to the courier? 62 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: WHOA, Well, birds like Billy are great at delivering letters 63 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: because they can fly. 64 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 2: Yes, they are. 65 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: In fact, did you know that in the ancient days 66 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: it was pretty common to use pigeons to send messages? 67 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 2: Wow? 68 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: No way, Yes, Remember I mentioned the Romans and the Greeks. Well, 69 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: they used pigeons in times of battle when they needed 70 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: to send important messages secretly and quickly. That's awesome. Oh, look, 71 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: Billy is back. Did you know that birds were used 72 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: to send messages? Billy? 73 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 2: That's right, Billy. 74 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: Even about two hundred years ago, pigeons were still being used, 75 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: often to send messages between ships at sea or other 76 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: hard to reach places. Core Eventually, other forms of long 77 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: distance communication were invented like the telegraph. Do you mean 78 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: the telephone? 79 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 2: No, Elliott. 80 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: The telegraph was invented before the telephone. You could use 81 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: it to send messages in a special code called Morse code. 82 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: It's made of short beeps and long beeps or dots 83 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: and dashes, and it sounds like this. 84 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 2: People can understand that. 85 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: Yes, Gouie, it's not used as much today as it 86 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: used to be, but there are people that still use it, 87 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: maybe secret agents or detectives. 88 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 2: Maybe. 89 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: Now it's much easier to communicate at long distances with 90 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: inventions like the telephone, email, and social media. 91 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 2: So many choices, yes, and they're all great choices. How 92 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 2: about we go back home. 93 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: And each send a message to someone special using the 94 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: choice that we prefer. 95 00:05:53,920 --> 00:06:04,559 Speaker 2: Yes, let's go. So, how would you like to send 96 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 2: your message? 97 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: I want to send a text message with lots of 98 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: hard emailjis to my mom. I want to use my 99 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: tablet to send an email to my teacher, thankor for 100 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: being a great teacher. And I want to send the 101 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 1: letter that I wrote your grandma and Grandma. 102 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 2: Great choices. 103 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: Oh, that's nice of you for offering, Billy, Lisa, Billy 104 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 1: can fly your letter over to the post office. Thank you, Billy, 105 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: and don't forget to write down your grandparents' address and 106 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: put a stamp on it before you send it. 107 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 2: Good idea. What message will you send? 108 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: Hmm, well, I think I will post on social media 109 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: saying how much I care about all of you woo 110 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: Lingo kids listeners. We had a great time today. Thank 111 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: you for joining us on our trip back in time 112 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: to learn about letters. 113 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 2: I hope you enjoyed it too. 114 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: In our next episode, we will continue play learning together.