THE THIRST QUENCHER!

It is another one of those scorching, hot summer afternoons. The temperature is near the century mark. As you pass by a lemonade stand you think "Wow! That is just what I need." You stop at the stand to buy a cold drink. You dig in your pockets for some change. To your surprise you have a quarter, just enough for a glass of the thirst quencher. You give your money to the the kids on the sidewalk behind the stand. Sweat drips off your forehead as you anxiously await the cool liquid. As the drink is poured, the ice cubes tinkle against the glass picture. You cross your fingers hoping you will be lucky enough to get an ice cube in your glass along with the delicious drink. They hand you a glass and you gulp it down without pausing. You let out you breath and smack your lips. "Boy,that was good!"

Why was the lemonade you drank in the above story so refreshing? The answer is because it is made mostly of good old water. When you think about it., the main ingredient of milk, soda, punch and every other drink, or even the food you eat is water. When you think of good old water. You are right. Water is good, and water is old, very old. In fact water is BILLIONS of years old. And the story of the water cycle explains how the lemonade you just drank, has been around and around and around.