What does the blood make?—"Bones, flesh, skin, hair, nails, and cartilage."
What use is the blood to the body?—"It makes the body grow, and keeps it alive."
Name some kinds of poisonous drinks.—"Rum, brandy, ale, cider, etc."
What do you mean by poisonous drinks?—"Drinks which hurt or poison the body."
Why do you say that rum and the other drinks you have named are poisonous?—"Because they do harm to every part of the body."
Which part do they hurt most?—"The head or brain."
What harm do they do to the brain?—"They make it unfit to do its work."
What work does the brain do?—"Thinking."
Then what harm do rum, brandy, wine, and these other drinks do to the brain?—"They make it unfit to think."