| How many colds do you catch in a year? |
| Most of my friends catch quite a few colds. |
| They cough, sniffle and sneeze. |
| They carry around tissues and blow their noses all the time. |
| Their eyes water, and they have scratchy throats. |
| I don’t get many colds. In fact, I can go for a whole year and never catch a cold. |
| This is why I consider myself an expert on how not to catch a cold. |
| I’ll tell you how to avoid catching a cold. |
| I think that you need to take a lot of vitamin C. |
| I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. I drink fruit juice too. |
| I also take vitamin C pills. |
| Whenever I begin to feel a cold coming on, |
| I make sure that I have taken my vitamin C pill, and I drink a lot of orange juice. |
| That usually knocks the cold right out of my system. |
| I make sure that I get a lot of fresh air. |
| In the winter, a lot of buildings are shut up tight so that the air is stale, |
| and people’s germs circulate through the buildings. |
| I get outside and breathe in fresh clean air. |
| If somebody is rude enough to cough or sneeze right in front of me without covering his or her mouth, |
| I just hold my breath for a second. |
| I’m not sure if this works or not, but I don’t want to breathe in anybody’s cold germs. |
| Many germs are passed through hands. |
| It is important to wash your hands thoroughly if you touch anything in a public place. |
| If I hold a banister while I’m walking down the stairs, |
| I think of all the people who have used that banister, |
| and I make sure that I wash my hands before I eat. |
| Doorknobs also have a lot of germs on them. |
| Money is another thing that is passed from hand to hand and is covered with germs. |
| Sometimes, I see people stick money into their mouths. |
| Just think of all the germs that you would be putting into your mouth if you did that. |
| If you just give it a little bit of thought, you can avoid a lot of germs that cause colds. |
| If you eat good food and stay fit, your body will be able to fight off the germs that cause colds and other diseases. |
| It is not always possible to avoid colds, but if you do catch a cold, |
| drink plenty of fluids and get a lot of rest. |
