[A WONDERFUL BALL]
| rough | surface | stretches | drifts |
| level | islands | feathery | dreary |
I have heard of a wonderful ball which floats in the sweet blue air, and has soft white clouds about it as it floats along.
There are many charming stories to be told about this wonderful ball. Some of them you shall hear.
It is so large that many houses are built upon it. Men and women live upon it, and little children can play upon its surface.
In some places it is soft and green, like the long meadows between the hills. In other parts there are trees for miles and miles on every side. All kinds of wild animals live in the great forests that grow on this wonderful ball.
Then again in some places it is steep and rough. And there are mountains so high that the snow lies upon their tops all the year around.