My Lesson about Snow

MISTY

When I woke up this morning and looked outside, guess that I saw? I saw WHITE! White everywhere...on our deck, on our trees & bushes, in our park across the street...just everywhere. I never saw this white before so I asked Max what it was and he said it's something called snow.

Snow happens when it gets really, really cold and instead of raining and just being wet outside, the rain freezes and turns white and it's called snow. But the neat thing about snow is that it grows. It starts little but then gets big in high piles that I think they would be good to jump in, but Max says I can't first 'cause I'm not supposed to be outside and second 'cause it's too cold for my paws.

He says I should lay on the perch or by the front window and watch for people to see how they walk or drive their car on our snow. He says sometimes they slip and slide around, and it's fun to watch. If you want to see some of our snow, Mom says I can send you the piles in our driveway and then you can watch your own people on it!

But Max told me something else about snow, too...the best thing of all! He said when it snows lots, that means pretty soon somebody called Santa comes and gives presents to good kitties. How cool is that?

Mom & Dad didn't go to work today 'cause our snow will be really high, so I'm happy 'cause maybe they'll play with me all day. I think I'm really gonna' like this snow stuff!