The Forecaster turned over a second picture.
This was greeted with cries of delight, and one of the lads added:
"I saw a sunset exactly like that only a week ago!"
The Forecaster bent down and looked at a pencilled note underneath the vivid chalk drawing.
"It is dated just a week ago," he said.
"I didn't know you drew with chalks!" said Ross.
For answer, the Forecaster smiled and turned to another one. The first few had been a little crude, but it was evident that they improved as the series went on. All of them, in a curious way, possessed the faculty of giving a real impression of the sunset.
"So you like them," the Weather Man said, when the whole series had been examined.
"They're dandies," declared Ross, and Fred added: