Two hundred years ago a little boy was born in France. His name was Louis Braille. He was a lovely baby.
When he was three something sad happened. Louis went blind. He could not see all the lovely colours and beautiful things around him.
Louis was a kind boy. When Louis got older he wanted to help other blind people. He wanted to help them to read.
Louis worked very hard. He made a special alphabet which blind people could feel with their fingers. Each letter was made with a number of dots. The dots were raised up like small bumps on the paper so that people could feel them.
The alphabet that Louis invented is called 'Braille'. Today many blind people use 'Braille' to help them to read. This is how the Braille Alphabet looks:
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