Elissa Uncovers...The Origin of The Alphabet

Elissa and her grandmother are reminiscing about their family members, and Grandmother shows Elissa the immense box of letters, postcards, and pictures that she has collected over the years. Elissa is intrigued by these letters from the past-but a question occurs to her:

What would happen if there were no alphabet?

Grandmother is very clever, and wise too, and she knows the answer. She explains it to Elissa in the form of a story, in which the ancient Phoenicians-master sailors and even bett...