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When Water Danced

eBook (Riverhorse Farms, Publications April 13, 2014)
Mr. Saline starts this bedtime tale a little grateful he wouldn’t have to talk for long, Mariah is on the verge of nodding off, “Well let’s see, there is Wind, Breeze and Gale, their best friends Xylem and Phloem, the arch enemy Penumbra-the half baked shadow, Kings, Queens, you know all the regular characters in a good story.” Mr. Saline shifted into his story voice, a soft river of sounds that would induce sleep in the stubbornest of children…” In the time before rules, everything could do what ever it felt like doing. Water for instance, Water liked to dance. She’d swirl around, wave and gush. She had one really bad habit, she couldn’t resist letting out the most disgusting and awful burps that smelled like rotten eggs. Everyone loved her though and just to show her appreciation, every once in a while she would pull-off some amazing trick like turning into sparkling ice crystals that flashed rainbows as she swirled back to her favorite resting place.” said Pops, stalling to think up the rest of the story. Pops, was amazed as he realized the whole story had blown through his brain like a tornado. Mariah nestled into her pillows, yawning a huge yawn she asked, “Well what happens next?” Penumbra, the half baked shadow, tired of being overlooked, steals all the water. Everyone will have to pay attention to him now, he plans to sell her drop by drop. Her friends discover his plot come to the rescue.A modern mythology explaining how trees took root, the water cycle, and a little about bees. It is a fictional tale that uses real science concepts as its foundation. Character names tell their own stories based on word origins and histories.
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