I'm Carbo

I'm Carbo, nice to meet you I'm an Elementix, great to greet you! I'm soft and hard, full of surprises Let me show you what I do

[scribble scribble] Pick up a pencil — draw draw draw! That dark stuff? That's ME inside! Carbo is soft — I scribble on the page!

But wait wait wait —

[sparkle] See that DIAMOND? Shiny and bright? That's ALSO me! Hard as can be! Same Carbo — soft AND hard! How cool is that?

Pencil? (CARBO!) Diamond? (CARBO!) Soft or hard, I do it all!

I'm Carbo! Six protons inside! I'm in everything alive! In the trees! (I'm there!) In the flowers! (I'm there!) In YOU! (I'm THERE!)

What's inside the puppy? (CARBO!) What's inside the kitty? (CARBO!) What's inside the fishy? (CARBO!) What's inside of YOU? (CARBO!)

Every living thing — every single one! Dogs and cats and birds and bugs and people in the sun!

How many protons do I have? Say it with me: PROTON! (PROTON!) One two three four five SIX! Six protons — that's my special trick!

Grab a pencil — [scribble] — that's Carbo being soft! Find a diamond — [sparkle] — that's Carbo being tough! Same six protons deep inside — Carbo's full of surprises, far and wide!

I'm Carbo! Soft and hard! I'm Carbo! Six protons strong! In every living thing alive — that's where I belong!

[scribble] [sparkle] CARBO!

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Key Concepts: Element with 6 protons | In every living thing | Backbone of life | Can be diamond (hard) or pencil lead (soft) | Same atom, different forms

Character: Dark grey-silver (#708090) with sparkles, hexagonal/faceted | Versatile, creative, fundamental | "That's the Carbo way!"