Wow I had a very sweet football day today. I found a big chocolate store. The lady in the store said I could go to the factory to see where they made the chocolate so I did.
When you go into a factory that makes food things, you have to wear a hairnet. I took it off for most of the pictures except for one. Can you find it? Does it make me look silly? I saw conveyor belt machines that the candy went through. They looked just like the security machines but I could not ride through them because I did not want to be a chocolate covered monkey. I saw the pretty gold boxes they put the candy in. Then I saw the big white boxes that they put lots of gold boxes in to send the candy all over the country. Did you see me eating a piece of chocolate? They poured the melted chocolate into molds to make shapes. The owner of the factory likes dinosaurs so he made giant dinosaur teeth candy. Do you see it in the middle. There was a giant bunny and a santa. They weigh 50 pounds each. That is a lot of Chocolate. Santa costs $500.00. That is a lot of money. I got to see the little molds for the candy.
Then the tour lady showed me what the cocoa beans looked like when they were growing. I got to hold one. It was very heavy. The seed pods grown on the outside of the tree trunk. After they pick them, they cut them open and take out all of the seeds that are inside. Then the seeds are roasted until they are done. I reached in and tried one but it tasted awful. Then I found out they have to add sugar and cream and butter and other good things until it taste like candy. Sometimes they add nuts and putt it all in the mixer. They had a little mixer for me to see, but the real mixer opening is as big as the white circle behind me. There was a candy store and ice cream store in the factory. There were firemen eating ice cream and when I went outside, their truck was parked next to Cmor so I sat on it for awhile.
My next stop was to a very big, very famous University. Do you know what a University is? There were lots of big kids walking around and lots of beautiful brick buildings. I saw a big black sculpture outside the Art Museum but I don't know what it was supposed to be, but I liked the flowers in front of it. I went into a big arena where they were getting ready for a concert. I tried on a t shirt but they did not have my size.
I went on a tour of the football stadium. I took an elevator ride to the top where the reporters go during the games. Then they write stories about the games for the newspapers. Sometimes they use a microphone to talk to a lot of people. I tried the microphone. All along the wall were lots of windows so the reporters could watch the game. The football field was a long way down. There were men putting down new grass. The new grass came in big rolls of sod so they did not have to wait for seeds to grow. They were working hard. I went into the President of the University's private room. He had a kitchen in there. I guess watching the football games makes him hungry. He was not there so I sat in his chair.
I went down onto the field and decided to help with the sod. Then I was tired and dirty so I went into the locker room. There were lots of showers in there. I ended the day, outside playing with squirrels.
Aloha from Junior
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