{"id":9308,"date":"2026-01-29T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltacultura.org\/?p=9308"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:51:44","slug":"mateus-and-the-worms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltacultura.org\/en\/mateus-and-the-worms\/","title":{"rendered":"Mateus and the Worms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9308\" class=\"elementor elementor-9308\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1edae94f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1edae94f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31b1b663\" data-id=\"31b1b663\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-798f94a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"798f94a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(told by Kutxinha \u2013 educator and football coach)<\/p><p>In one of the rooms at the Education Center, a human skeleton is painted on the wall\u2014not to frighten the children, but to help them learn the names and locations of the bones.<\/p><p>Mateus (8 years old) studied the skeleton carefully and then explained to me:<br \/>\u201cOne day, we\u2019ll all be like this.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cWhy do you think so?\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cWell, we all have to survive. 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