Chapter 2. The snow

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” Snowli, you made a very long trip to arrive here on Earth. Well, the snow also has to make a long and difficult trip before falling to the ground! The snow is not an ice-cold rain. Soft white flakes form inside clouds. Clouds are like a factory of small crystals. These small crystals are united to form snowflakes. During their fall towards the ground, these flakes  melt and collapse into rain drops., when it is warm , but in winter it is cold and that’s why the flakes which fall stay snow. ” Snowli couldn`t belive that things so fantastic took place on earth. He listened carefully to the snowman who told him: ” by falling, flakes are transported by the wind. Sometimes, they can find themselves in wet air and in less cold or very cold temperatures. These various conditions modify the flakes which take fantastic forms. There are flakes in a  star, in a column, in a needle, in a triangle or in a rectangle. There are thousands and thousands of different forms and nobody knows if it already fell two identical flakes on the earth! ”

“Do you Know what is the most attractive form of flake, asked the snowman?” “No”, answered quite sheepish Snowli. “the Most attractive form is certainly the one of the star! It is a snowflake in 6 branches (hexagonal). When it will snow we would try to observe one falling. You will see, it is so skinny and fragile, that it does not seem real!”

” But why do different temperatures change the shape of flakes? ” Asked Snowli. ” When it is very cold “, resumed the snowman, ” the snow is dry and powdery because flakes cannot stick between them. When it is warmer, the snow melts and becomes wet. However, it is much easier to make a snowman as I with a little wet snow than with snow that is too dry! ”

Snowli, was more and more intrigued. He asked suddenly Mister Long Nose : ” How many snowflakes do you consist of? ” ” Ah! Ah! Ah! ” The snowman laughed. ” That is a very difficult question, Snowli! There are so many that it is impossible to count them! “

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