Tears in the Ocean

Tears in the Ocean Bess was very upset. She hurt her arm in the backyard. She cried a lot. Her mom cleaned the cut and put a bandage on it. Her aunt gave her a glass of water. “ Bess, you know those tears running down your cheeks are falling to the ground?” “ Yes, ” said Bess. “ Those tears go into the ground. The rain takes them to the river. And the river flows into the sea. Then the hot sun makes the wet air from the sea rise up into the sky. "

Her aunt said, " This wet air becomes clouds. The clouds move over the land and rain falls from them. That rain fills our lakes. Our drinking water comes from those lakes. ” Bess looked at the glass of water she was drinking. “ You mean I'm drinking my own tears?” she said, smiling. Her aunt laughed. “ Maybe! ”