Meet Simon the Centipede 
The Saddlebrooke Post Office in Arizona, where many grandmas come to mail their cards and letters, shares space with a little gift shop where a resourceful proprietor snares many a casual postal customer who thought he came in just to buy a page of postage.Forlorn grandparents, who miss their dear offspring, find salve here, as they choose items sure to one day capture the hearts of their faraway loved ones. And, if you want to mail it right now, well, that can be arranged for a very small fee.
Meet Simon the Centipede. This colorful toy, personally selected by Grandma Kathleen, is most educational. Emily has found it the perfect choice for dragging from room to room, as the pedes vibrate rhythmically behind her.Actually, Simon is not a centipede. He is a 52-pede, quite a more useful number. He has 26 pairs of legs, each pair, not coincidentally, embroidered with its own letter. Emily has already identified the "B". With this aid, we will soon learn that there are 26 letters in the alphabet, there are 52 weeks in a year, and, of course, 52 cards in a poker deck.
Education is forever.
