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Why are some places so wet and other places so dry? Sometimes mountains stop the clouds. On one side of a mountain, it rains all the time. On the other side of the mountain, it is very dry. Sometimes a place is far from the sea. The air cannot get moisture, so there is no rain. And if the air is too cold, it cannot hold moisture either. The North Pole is really very dry!

How big is a raindrop? About 0.5 mm in size. It takes a lot of raindrops to fill a cup! The average rainfall in Tokyo is about 1,400 mm a year. That is twice as much as most places in Europe. But Cherrapundi in India had 9,300 mm of rain in one month! As for dry places, Arica in Chile gets only about 0.8 mm of rain a year. I am sure they would like to have more rainy days.

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Joey loved his golden retriever, Lucky, more than anything in the world. They went everywhere together. When Joey walked to school, Lucky followed. When Joey ran up the hill to play with Bobby, the neighbor boy, Lucky ran, too. When Joey climbed a tree, Lucky waited at the bottom. Lucky was Joey's best friend. But one day something terrible happened.

Joey was going to visit his aunt in the city and took Lucky. At first, the dog enjoyed the ride, but in the city, he barked at the big buildings. He seemed afraid. When they arrived at Joey’s aunt’s house, Lucky ran into the street. There was the terrible noise of car brakes. Lucky had been hit! He was dead. Joey felt terrible. He cried and cried. The family decided to go home, but the dead dog was left behind.

When they arrived home, Joey walked sadly through the fields. Without thinking, he went up the hill to Bobby’s house. When he arrived, Bobby came out and said, “Where’s Lucky? I saw him walking behind you up the hill.”