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Why can we stand, bend, wave, and jump? This upbeat children’s song uses a soft puppet model to show how the skeleton supports the body, joints let it bend, and muscles pull bones to create movement. It also introduces how the skull and ribs help protect important organs.
Original explanations based on the cited sources.
Skeleton
The human skeleton includes bones and cartilage: it supports the body, protects organs and works with muscles for movement. Other animals can have different skeleton types.
Sources
Text from the recording’s subtitles.
Song lyrics
Por que o boneco não fica de pé?
Ele desaba como pano no chão
Ponho varetas leves no tecido
E o corpo macio ganha forma
Por dentro, a armação o põe de pé
Todos os nossos ossos formam o esqueleto
Ossos dão forma e sustentação
Articulações me deixam dobrar
Os músculos puxam os ossos
Então eu ando, aceno e pulo
Uno as varetas com clipes móveis
Os clipes imitam articulações
Os fios imitam a ação dos músculos
Eu puxo; ele dobra braços e pernas
Ossos dão forma e sustentação
Articulações me deixam dobrar
Os músculos puxam os ossos
Então eu ando, aceno e pulo
Uma cúpula e um aro cobrem pompons
O crânio ajuda a proteger o cérebro
Costelas guardam coração e pulmões
Ossos dão forma e sustentação
Articulações me deixam dobrar
Os músculos puxam os ossos
Então eu ando, aceno e pulo
Meu boneco e eu nos dobramos dançando
Sinto o esqueleto me apoiar por dentro
Language version lyrics
Why does my soft cloth doll flop down?
Like a scarf, it slumps onto the floor
I slide some light sticks through the cloth
Its floppy body finds a shape
The frame inside now holds it upright
All our bones together form our skeleton
Bones give us shape and help us stand
Joints connect them, letting us bend
Muscles pull our bones to make us move
We walk, wave our hands, and jump
I join the sticks with moving clips
Like joints, they link and let limbs bend
These strings are muscles in my model
I pull; the doll bends arms and legs
Bones give us shape and help us stand
Joints connect them, letting us bend
Muscles pull our bones to make us move
We walk, wave our hands, and jump
A dome and ring cover soft pom-poms
The skull helps shelter the brain inside
Ribs help protect the heart and lungs
Bones give us shape and help us stand
Joints connect them, letting us bend
Muscles pull our bones to make us move
We walk, wave our hands, and jump
My doll and I bend as we dance
I feel my skeleton hold me up
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