Floating water! How can water float! do you ask?
Well, I will tell you. Cold air is heavier than heated air, and until the clouds become so full of moisture as to return some of it to the earth, in the shape of rain, they float because they are lighter than the air underneath them.
The winds, by the flapping of their mighty wings, drive the clouds over the land to the hills and the mountains and the thirsty fields; and there they pour their blessings on the farms, pastures, orchards, and the dusty roads and way-side grass, bringing greenness and gladness every-where.
Without water nothing would grow; every thing would dry up and wither.
All animals drink water, for it forms a part of their blood and thus helps to keep them alive. All trees and plants drink it by drawing it through their roots or leaves, for it helps to form their sap.
Sometimes on a summer morning you will see drops of clear sparkling water on flowers and grass.
To look at them you would think it had rained during the night; but, noticing that the ground is dry, you know that no rain has fallen.
What then are these glittering drops of water? Where do they come from?
I will tell you.These drops are called dew. As night comes on, the grass and the leaves of flowers and plants become cool.
When the warm air touches them, it becomes chilled, and as the air can not then carry so much moisture as before, it leaves some of its moisture on the flowers and grass.