FINDING NATURE’S TREASURES 
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“They looked like cold steam all around me. I could 
see the little drops of water floating in the air, and there 
were so many little drops that I could not see through 
them. They were gray and wet, but no big drops were 
falling.” 
“Sometimes these clouds are right down on the 
ground,” continued Uncle Jack. “Then we call them 
fogs. Fogs are dangerous on the ocean, because men in 
boats cannot see where to go. They get lost and cannot 
get back to land until the fog goes away. Sometimes 
the boats run together and are wrecked.” 
