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Anthony was a little boy who lived in 

a big city. It was loud and big and 

bright. Even though it was smoky from 

all the air pollution, Anthony loved it. 

He loved walking to school with his 

daddy and looking at all the big 

buildings. He loved seeing all the 

different people, and he loved when he 

got to stop at the little carts and get 

a hot pretzel after school if he had 

done well in school that day. 

He loved when he came home and he sat next 

to the fireplace, even though the smoke made 

him cough. 

One day, Anthony was running around at 

school when all of a sudden he couldn’t 

breathe. It felt just like when his 

daddy smoked his pipe. His friends got 

the teacher, and Anthony went home 

sick.

The next day, Anthony couldn’t breathe 

either. He stayed home from school 

with his daddy and they read books 

together. He even made Anthony his 

favorite lunch, so he would forget 

about how he was having problems 

taking a big breath. 

That night, Anthony started to feel a 

little better, but his daddy brought 

him to the doctor anyway. The second 

they stepped outside, he felt a little 

worse. When Anthony passed his 

favorite food cart, the smoke made 

him cough. He couldn’t stop, and 

suddenly he couldn’t breathe at all. 

His daddy carried him to the doctors 

office.

When they got inside, Anthony felt a 

little better again. It seemed like 

whenever he was outside in the smoke, 

it was harder to breathe. The doctor 

came in, and his daddy told her all 

about Anthony’s breathing. She took a 

bunch of notes and then turned to both 

of them.

“It looks like you have asthma,” she said. 

Anthony was confused and a little scared. 

“What’s asthma?” he asked.

“Asthma is a disease which makes it hard for 

you to breathe.” Anthony was still confused. 

The doctor picked up two straws- one big one 

and one small one. 

“Anthony, if I asked you to breathe through one 

of these straws, which would be easier?” 

Anthony pointed to the big one. 

“Now, your lungs normally act like the big 

straw, but when asthma comes in, they shrink 

down to the little straw, which makes it hard to 

breathe.”

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