FINDING NATURE’S TREASURES 
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asked Buddy. “When I throw water up into the air, 
it always comes down again.” 
“Before I answer your question, Buddy, I shall ask 
you and Marylee one. Do either of you know what 
steam is?” 
“I know what it is,” answered Marylee. “It is water 
that comes from the spout of the teakettle when the 
water in it is boiling. The steam floats in the air like 
smoke. When it was cold in the kitchen last winter, 
steam floated up to the top of the room and looked like 
a little cloud up there. Was that like the real clouds we 
see up in the sky?” 
