Clay

We travelled from New York to see Nonna and Nonno where they live in France.

There were severe storms when we got to the airport.
Our flight was canceled.
We had to take a different flight the next day.

They lost all our baggage. Five big cases.

Eventually, after three days, they were all found and returned to us.

We could then change out of our smelly clothes.

Nonna and Nonno had put up a little pool for us to play in.

All the water attracted moles.

We collected the soil from the mole hills. It's mostly clay.

So we put we put it in a bowl

and added some water.

Then we took out all the bits of grass, and leaves, and earthworms out.

We squised what was left all up and poured it through a sieve.

Then we spread it out on newspaper and let it dry a bit in the sun,















and put it in a plastic bag to take back home to America, to give to our pottery teacher.

We will show Nonna and Nonno what we make with it.