Singing in the Rain

Pages 11 and 12 of The First Adventures of Incredible You is all about rain showers and the fun that young children can have splashing in puddles and running around getting soaked in a warm spring rain. The playing in the rain experience seems to be universally memorable. I distinctly remember one such spring shower from my early elemenary school years. I recall opening my umbrella and jumping off a rock, hoping that I would perhaps take flight. In retrospect, this explains so much about my later difficulites with physics. I also have a favorite picture of my daughter at about 3 or 4 years old dancing around in a rain shower with a look of pure joy on her face. She, too, opened up her umbrella to pretend she could fly. Sadly, I can only assume that she is also destined for physics heartache. Or.....perhaps the magic of a warm spring rain makes all children think that the laws of aerodynamics do not apply. I hope so. But I'm still going to warn her about physics- just in case.