I'm Angela O'Dell and you are listening to Real Cool History for Kids, a podcast show featuring history stories told from a biblical worldview.

Welcome to an adventure.

Welcome to Episode 15 of Real Cool History for Kids. You've probably heard the names of the two men who are the subjects of today's stories

because they are well known in our

country's history. Back in the time of our story, when the 13 colonies had not yet become a nation,

there seemed to be a great number of people who did amazing and wonderful things. However,

there is something that I want you to remember. All of these people

started out as children. That's right. They were not always big and powerful, and most of them

never dreamed that they would become known throughout history as our founding fathers.

The first person that I'm going to tell you about is a man named Benjamin Franklin.

When you hear his name, what comes to your mind?

I suppose some of you might think of his experiment with a kite and a key, but that was much later in his life.

Benjamin did a lot before he decided to test the electricity of that storm, which by the

way was a very dangerous thing to do.

Let's start at the beginning. Benjamin was born in Boston in

1706. He was one of 17 children. Of those 17 children, 10 of them were boys, and Ben was the youngest

one. Ben only went to school for two years,

before he had to come home to help his family.

His father was a candle and soap maker,

and he needed help running his shop.

But Benjamin did not like making candles of soap.

Nevertheless, he worked hard dipping candles and stirring the

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