Illustration 9

When we say that a drop of water evaporates, we mean that because of the heat it turns into a tiny steam cloud.’ Little Droplet turned into steam. Around her other drops of water also evaporated and went up. Up and up they went and finally reached the mother cloud. How happy she was to embrace all of her little children. She grew bigger and bigger as more and more puffs of steam joined her. A few months have passed and the winter came. Inside the mother-cloud little drops froze and turned into snowflakes. Mother-cloud got cold and started sniffing and coughing. After each cough, the snowflakes began slowly falling on the ground. Little Droplet became Little Snowflake. She thought, How great that the puppy fell into the lake. If he did not do it, I would stay in the lake, and when winter came would turn into a little piece of ice. It would be so boring to sleep the whole winter in the lake. She went down with other snowflakes. The ground was fa and snowflakes whirled and whirled in a slow dance. Then, they reached the trees, and fields, and streets of the cities and covered everything with a thick blanket of snow. And then the spring came. The Sun woke up from the hibernation and warmed the world.