FINDING NATURE’S TREASURES 
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toes would freeze. Then you would begin to freeze all 
over, and soon you would be like a piece of ice.” 
“Now, I am getting all cold,” said Marylee, as she 
snuggled up close to Mother as if to keep warm. 
“These are not all of the queer things about the moon, 
either,” said Uncle Jack. “There are no trees there. 
There are no insects, no birds, and no flowers. All of 
those things must have water to drink and air to breathe, 
just as you do. But there is no water on the moon and 
no air. So nothing can live there. The only things to 
see are the great mountains of solid rock.” 
“How does the Man in the Moon live in such a place,” 
asked Marylee, with a wondering look. 
Uncle Jack laughed and said, “I would feel sorry for 
him if he were a real man. But, of course, people only 
play that they see the picture of a man in the moon. 
That is just the way you sometimes watch the clouds 
