WATER FLOATING IN THE AIR 
“I am glad that you came home before it started to 
rain,” said Mother, as Uncle Jack and the children ran 
to the porch. 
Uncle Jack sat down in a porch chair before he spoke. 
“We did not care to get wet; so we hurried home. But 
I always- like to watch it rain, because everything seems 
so clean and fresh after it is over. The rain gives the 
plants a drink of water; so they can grow and make 
more beautiful flowers. It gives the trees and the grass 
a bath; so they are brighter and greener. Even the birds 
seem to sing more happily after a rain.” 
“There comes the rain now,” cried Buddy, as the drops 
began to fall. 
The drops of rain came down faster and faster. They 
splashed in the yard. They fell on the roof and made a 
great racket. Water poured off the house and ran down 
the path. Soon everything was very wet. 
“What makes it rain, Uncle Jack?” asked Marylee. 
“Is the water on top of the cloud like water in a dish? 
And does it spill over the sides, or leak through the bot¬ 
tom so that it falls on us?” 
“No, Marylee, the cloud is not like a dish of water,” 
Uncle Jack replied, smiling. “The cloud itself is water.” 
“If the cloud is water, how does it stay up in the air?” 
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