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You think that you don't know me,
but I'm very familiar.
As a child you were building
sand castles with me.
Why am I called that way?
My name is a Latin word.
It's derived from the word Silex,
that means pebble stone.
Busy like ants
I love to build stuff.
A mud hut, a concrete tower --
I'll build you anything!
In the flintstone I was there
when fire was discovered.
In glass I help bringing the sunlight
into every house.
See through me,
I'm part of every glass.
Light I turn into electricity
I make computers work.
I'll build you a house of bricks
with clay or cement.
All around you like sand at the sea.
Of course everyone knows me!
I can also be very soft,
when I turn into silicone.
I live inside many things
in your home.
I help growing your bones.
How about that?
There are tiny creatures in the sea,
which are made of me.
Often I sit in a cell,
which is called solar.
There I turn light into electricity,
believe it or not!
Electricity is good for many things,
it runs computers.
which's chips are made of me,
but you can't eat them!
See through me,
I'm part of every glass.
Light I turn into electricity
I make computers work.
I'll build you a house of bricks
with clay or cement.
All around you like sand at the sea.
Of course everyone knows me!
Who am I?
Silicon!