KATE. Sometimes Uncle Will sells milk to people who live in town. Frank. He fills these pint bottles from the gallon measure. Kate. One gallon measure full of milk will fill pint bottles. Frank. If the gallon measure were just half full it Kate. Uncle Will got 5 gallons of milk this morn ing. That will fill pint bottles. FRANK. See what Uncle Will sent me for a birthday present some real scales with weights! Kate. Now we can weigh things. marked 16. weigh things. This weight is FRANK. That means one pound, because there are 16 ounces in one pound. Kate. Let us weigh something that is just one pound. What can we find? Frank. Here is the box of candy that Aunt Alice sent me. I will put it on one side of the scales and the pound weight on the other side. Kate. The scales balance. It weighs just one pound. |