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Gondola

Imagine you're at an amusement park and you see a big cart or cabin that hangs from a long cable above you. That's a gondola! It looks kind of like a ski lift, but instead of going up a mountain, it takes you from one place to another.

The gondola has two parts: the cabin and the cable. The cabin is the thing you sit in, and it's attached to the cable. The cable is a very strong, long rope made of metal wire that's attached to big poles that stand tall in the air.

So when you want to ride in the gondola, you climb into the cabin and sit down. Then, the cable starts moving and pulls the cabin along with it. The gondola can take you high up in the air, over rivers and valleys, or even above the city skyline.

Some people like riding gondolas because you get to see beautiful views from way up high. Others like it because it's a fun way to get to a place that might be hard to reach by car or on foot.

Overall, a gondola is a pretty cool way to travel or just have a fun ride!
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