Poor Suki Sneeze doesn’t look well. She has a runny nose and she is coughing and sneezing, She has a cold. She sneezes, ‘A-choo!’
But how did Suki catch a cold? It’s all because of a nasty little character called a germ.
Germs are living things but they are very, very, very small. They can only be seen with a microscope. Nathan looks through the microscope and says, ‘Microscopes make things look bigger.’
Nathan can see the cold germs. ‘There are millions of us!’ the germs say.
So, how do these tiny germs give us a cold?
Germs can live in the air, on the floor and on objects. Just touching germs doesn’t do any harm but they can make us feel ill if they get inside our bodies. Germs can get into our bodies in lots of ways. We can breathe them in without noticing.
If you put things in your mouth, like dirty fingers, germs can get in that way too.
If you have a cold, you can help stop it spreading by using a tissue. Using a tissue to blow your nose and cover your mouth when you cough and sneeze helps stop germs spreading.