Water Cycle Part 1

Water Cycle Part 1

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  • The Ballad of Patricia and Bob
  • By Ellen Esch
  • It was the year 1912 and Patricia was forced by her parents to leave and go to a city far, far away.
  • Why must you go, Patricia? After all we've been through!
  • Bob, I have to leave. I'm older now and I'm almost ready for precipitation, anyways. You know that the population in the clouds is becoming too big and heavy. Goodbye, my love.
  • The more water in the clouds, the heavier they are. Eventually, the clouds fall back down to the ground as either snow or rain. This is called precipitation.
  • Oh my gosh! You are clearly not from here! That hat probably isn't legal to wear! Go somewhere else, loser!
  • Oh, um..... sure.
  • SO. THIRSTY. MUST. DRINK. WATER!!!!
  • I'm so worthless. Wah-wah wah.....
  • AHH!! SAVE ME!! AN ANIMAL IS TRYING TO DRINK ME!!! AHH- gulp.
  • Ugh, that was horrible. Oh, look! I'm evaporating! My mother used to say,"Evaporating is an amazing experience, all right. The sun's heat changes you from a liquid into a gas and you rise into the atmosphere! You'll be fine, Patricia!" Oh, those were the days.
  • Two hours later...
  • Yay! Condensation! Being a gas is SO weird.Wait.. finally, I'm a liquid again! Now... where's Bob? Is that? No.. it couldn't be. It is him! Bob, over here!!!
  • Condensation is when the water vapor or the gas from evaporation, cools in the atmosphere and becomes liquid once again. These droplets gather and become clouds.