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I’meversoglad

that raindrops fall

one

by one

by one

because the cloud

that rain falls from

canweighfivehundredtons.

Five hundred tons

weighs greater than

aherdofpachyderms.

Ifonegraycloud

fell from the sky

we’dallbemassacred.

BY KATHERINE B. HAUTH

Illustrated by Stephanie Birdsong

text © 2019 by Katherine B. Hauth, art © 2019 by Stephanie Birdsong

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Scientists estimate that an average

cumulonimbus storm cloud weighs more

than a million pounds—equivalent to

the weight of 200 Asian bull elephants!

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