hic hic hic
you never khow when they'll start.
yor're reading.or maybe you're playing.
you're minding your own business.
all of a sudden you go hic!
a few second pass. you go hic again.
"oh-oh! it's hiccups.
I hope they go away soon!"
the hiccups aren't an illness.
they're just something that happens.
one of the muscles that help you breathe
starts jerking for no good reason.
and that's when you hic.
no,the hiccups are not an illness.
but they're an unwelcome as a bad cold.
they're a big bother.
at first they may seem funny.
you may be sitting in class.
you keep going hic,hic,hic.
your friend may start to giggle.
hic,hic,hic! what if it doesn't stop?
then it's not so funny.
if they go on too long,
hiccups can make you feel bad.
they can make you feel as bad as any illness.
they can hurt!
must people think khow how to stop hipcups.
just ask them.
they'll tell you to hold your breath.
or they may tell you to breathe into a paper
bag for a few minutes.
or get someone to scare you by making a load noice.
you can try them.
one of them might help you.
doctor can't do much for hiccups.
they are a few mediciness that help to stop hiccups sometimes.
but most doctors just tell you to wait.
wait till the hiccups go away.
and that's good advice, since most of the time they last only a short time.
but jack o'leary wasn't so lucky.
he hiccups about 160 million hics before his hiccups went away.
Mr.o'leary holds the world's record for hiccupping.
he hiccupped for eight years.
from 1948 to 1956.
what finally cured him?I don't know.
maybe he scared himself with an extra loud HIC!