Grade 2 · True facts
Bridges Big and Small
A sunny creek in the woods. A girl of eight with deep brown skin and black hair in two puffs, in a purple sweater and jeans, walks across a short, flat wooden footbridge with simple handrails with her grandpa, who has brown skin, a gray beard and a green cap. Each end of the footbridge rests on a low stone wall. Two ducks paddle in the water below.
A bridge helps people cross over rivers, roads and deep valleys. The simplest kind is a beam bridge.
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