Paris has the Eiffel Tower; New York has the Statue of Liberty; and prefix = st1 /Brussels, the Manneken Piss.

Think of the Belgian capital and, if anything, you think of the small peeing boy _ a 60-meter-high bronze figure standing on a block, supplying a constant stream of water to the basin under him.

Some might laugh. But for Jacques Stroobants, the statue is up there with the best of them.

"I'm proud of him. People come from all around the world to see him," says 60-year-old Stroobants with a fatherly glance at the little boy.

As the most famous landmark of Brussels, Manneken Piss has a very special place in the heart of Belgians.

The original Manneken Piss dates back to 1388, but the statue tourists see today dates from 1619 when the city built a second one after the original was destroyed.

Many stories go round Manneken Piss. Nobody knows why he was made. One story is that he saved Brusselsby putting out the flames of a deadly fire with his well-aimed piss. But the most believable story is that the boy, the son of a wealthy man, was kidnapped. The father had a statue built in honor of the way his son was found-peeing against a tree.

Perhaps best-known for his naked beauty, the "peeing boy" has also been clothed in some of the finest clothes money can buy.

Stroobants has been changing his clothes for the last 29 years. On average, he has clothes on 300 days a year. And on special days, he pees beer.

A few of the ways he's been dressed are; a football player, Mozart and an army general. Now, he has more than 600 pieces of clothes.

There is no strict charge for those wishing to provide clothes for the little boy. But certain conditions must be met.

"The clothes cannot include either advertising or political message," said Stroobants, because they would cheapen the national treasure.

But Manneken Piss is still something local people can make money from _ by selling all kinds of souvenirs.

Answer the following questions:
1. where is the statue?
2. what is it called?
3. how many clothes does he have?
4. is the statue still original?
5. when was the original built?
6. how many days is he dressed?
7. for how long has this been happening?
8. what is the statue?
9. when was the current one made?
10. how tall is the statue?
11. is it famous?
12. who is proud of it?
13. how old is he?
14. what happened to the original one?
15. does anybody know why it is as it is?
16. is there a charge for the clothing?
17. what should the clothing not have?
18. why?
19. do people make money off of it?
20. how?
1. Brussels
2. Manneken Piss
3. more than 600 pieces
4. No
5. 1388
6. 300 days a year.
7. last 29 years
8. small peeing boy
9. 1619
10. 60-meter
11. Yes
12. Jacques Stroobants
13. 60
14. destroyed.
15. No
16. There is no strict charge
17. either advertising or political message
18. they would cheapen the national treasure
19. Yes
20. by selling souvenirs.