The first thing you need to know is that it’s all about electricity

Hi, Kids,

This is Professor Mordy Maven, Thinker, Wonderer, and Figure-Outer of all things Science-ish. What that basically means is I try really hard to figure stuff out. I do the hard work so you don’t have to!

Last night I spent some time under my bed. I was there on a humanitarian mission, trying to comfort my little brother. He was terrified, and he needed my help. In case you want to know, I wasn’t frightened at all. At all!

I can’t blame the kid for being scared, though. There was a really crazy thunderstorm going on outside. Lightning was flashing and thunder was crashing and it was really, really loud and scary and… I mean it was for my little brother. Not for me, of course. I was totally cool about it.

“I skeered from da Kunda…” he kept saying. “So, so loud. Mordy, me so skeered!” Poor kid! I wrapped my arms tightly around his little body to comfort him.

Eventually, the storm stopped, and we crawled out. I got him a tissue to wipe his nose (that kid’s nose runs like a faucet!), and he went back to bed. But once I was safe and sound in my bed again, I knew I needed to find out exactly what was going on with my little brother. And also, why were my hands shaking?