50 WAITING IN THE WILDERNESS 



would then be too late this year for a ground- 

 hog shadow to produce six weeks of snow and 

 cold. We had almost lost faith in all forecasting 

 weather signs. What was the use bothering 

 about signs that at best did not agree? We 

 could not change the oncoming weather, and 

 we could have fun outdoors in all kinds of 

 weather. 



We started for the house and on the way we 

 talked about a number of catchy but unreliable 

 weather signs signs that we knew had not made 

 good in the mountains. Among these were : 



Rainbow in the morning, 

 The sailor takes warning. 

 Rainbow at night 

 The sailor's delight. 



If March come in like a lion it will go out 

 like a lamb. If it come in like a lamb it will 

 go out like a lion. 



Cold weather comes quickly and warm weather 

 comes slowly. 



George said that he remembered once when a 

 hot day had come quickly in winter. One cold 

 morning he went out for a look at the thermom- 

 eter before breakfast. It was twelve below zero. 

 But he could hear a wind-storm coming out of 



