Kind of small, if you ask me.

What's so famous about it?

All I see is a lady with a funny smile.

How come they call it the Mona Lisa, huh?

What's Giaconda?

Is it some kind of a nickname? Sort of.

Mona Lisa was the wife of Francesco del Giacondo, and most people think it's a portrait of her.

So, La Giaconda.

Why is she sitting there with her arms crossed?

I bet she's waiting for her lover. No way.

No one knows what she's doing.

But then, what makes it such a famous painting?

Maybe because the painter, Leonardo da Vinci, was a great inventor.

He even designed the first airplane. In the Middle Ages? No, no.

During the Renaissance.

And the painting is especially known for, uh, Mona Lisa's mysterious smile and the sparkle in her eyes, which have made da Vinci's portrait world famous. If I smile mysteriously, can I be famous too? That's silly.

We come to see the Mona Lisa because, well, everyone wants to see it.

You know, the real mystery is that nobody knows why it's such a famous painting. Mona Lisa, the Louvre Museum, Paris.