Object: samples of Japanese characters and Egyptian hieroglyphics

Good morning, boys and girls. (Ahead of time arrange with a little girl to stand up every time you say, "Talitha cum".) I brought some other languages for you to see. (Show samples of Japanese characters.) I know that some of you can't read yet, but can you recognize some of these letters? (Let them respond.) Why not? (Let them respond.) Oh, they aren't in your language, are they? No, they're not. But if I had a little child from the country that uses this language, they would be able to tell you what it said. (If you have someone in your congregation who reads Japanese, ask them to help you.) I don't know what it says. This one (hieroglyphics) was a kind of …