1. The sun’s heat.

2. Go out in the

3. winter on a calm,

4. frosty day into the field,

5. The snow settles down;

6. the ice begins to melt

7. on the rivers;

8. the water comes down from

9. the mountains; the vapours

10. rise from the water

11. to the clouds, and

12. rain begins to fall.

13. Who does it all ? —

14. The sun.

15. The seeds swell, and

16. let out rootlets;

17. the rootlets take hold of

18. the ground; old roots send

19. up new shoots, and the trees

20. and the grass begin to grow.

21. Who has done that ? —

22. The sun.

23. The bears and moles get up;

24. the flies and bees awaken;

25. the gnats are hatched,

26. and the fish come out

27. from their eggs,

28. when it is warm.

29. Who has done it all ? —

30. The sun.

31. The air gets warmed up

32. in one place, and rises,

33. and in its place

34. comes colder air, —

35. and there is a wind.

36. Who has done that ?

37. — The sun.

38. The clouds rise and

39. begin to gather and

40. to scatter, — and the

41. Lightning flashes.

42. Who has made that fire ? —

43. The sun.

44. The grass, the grain,

45. the fruits,

46. the trees grow up:

47. animals find their food,

48. men eat their fill,

49. and gather food

50. and fuel for the winter ;

51. they build themselves

52. houses, railways,

53. cities. Who has

54. prepared it all ? —

55. The sun.

56. A man has built

57. himself a house.

58. What has he made it of ?

59. Of timbers.

60. The timbers were cut

61. out of trees,

62. but the trees are made

63. to grow by the sun.

64. The stove is heated

65. with wood. Who has

66. made the wood to grow ? —

67. The sun.

68. Man eats bread, or potatoes.

69. Who has made them grow ? —

70. The sun.

71. Man eats meat.

72. Who has made the animals,

73. the birds to grow ? —

74. The grass.

75. But the grass is

76. made to grow by

77. the sun.

78. A man builds himself a house

79. from brick and lime.

80. The bricks and the lime

81. are burnt by wood.

82. The wood has been prepared

83. by the sun.

84. Everything that men need,

85. that is for their use, --

86. all that is
Prepared

87. by the sun,

88. and on all that goes much

89. sun's heat.

90. The reason that men need

91. bread is because

92. the sun has produced it,

93. and because there is

94. much sun's heat in it.

95. Bread warms him

96. who eats it.

97. The reason that wood

98. and logs are needed

99. is because there is

100. much heat in them.

101. He who buys wood

102. for the winter,

103. buys sun’s heat;

104. and in the winter

105. he burns the wood

106. whenever he wants it,

107. and lets the sun's

108. heat into his room.

109. When there is heat,

110. there is motion.

111. No matter what motion

112. it may be, —

113. it all comes from heat,

114. either directly from

115. the sun’s heat,

116. or from the heat which

117. the sun has prepared

118. in the coal,

119. the wood, the bread,

120. and the grass.

121. Horses and oxen pull,

122. men work, —

123. who moves them ?

124. — Heat. Where does the

125. Heat come from ? —

126. From the food.

127. And the food has been

128. prepared by the sun.

129. Watermills and windmills turn

130. around and grind.

131. Who moves them ? —

132. Wind and water.

133. And who drives the wind ? —

134. Heat. And who drives

135. the water ? —

136. Again heat.

137. Heat raises the water

138. in the shape of vapour,

139. and without this the water

140. would not be falling down.

141. A machine works, —

142. it is moved by steam.

143. And who makes steam ?

144. — Wood. And in the wood

145. is the sun's heat.

146. Heat makes motion,

147. and motion makes heat.

148. And both heat and motion

149. are from the sun.

150. when it is warm.

151. Who has done it all ? —

152. The sun.

153. The air gets warmed up

154. in one place, and rises,

155. and in its place

156. comes colder air, —

157. and there is a wind.

158. Who has done that ?

159. — The sun.

160. The clouds rise and begin

161. to gather and to scatter, —

162. and the lightning flashes.

163. Who has made that fire ? —

164. The sun.

165. The grass, the grain, the fruits,

166. the trees grow up:

167. animals find their food,

168. men eat their fill,

169. and gather food

170. and fuel for the winter;

171. they build themselves houses,

172. railways, cities.

173. Who has prepared it all?

174. —The sun.

175. A man has

176. built himself

177. a house.

178. What has he made it of?

179. Of timbers.

180. The timbers

181. were cut

182. out of trees,

183. but the trees are made

184. to grow by the sun.

185. The stove is heated

186. with wood. Who has

187. made the wood to grow?

188. —The sun.

189. Man eats bread, or potatoes.

190. Who has made them grow?

191. — The sun.

192. Man eats meat.

193. Who has made the animals,

194. the birds to grow ? —

195. The grass.

196. But the grass is made

197. to grow by the sun.

198. A man builds himself a house

199. from brick and lime.

200. The bricks and the lime

201. are burnt by wood.

202. The wood has been prepared by

203. the sun.

204. Everything that men need,

205. that is for their use, —

206. all that is prepared

207. by the sun,

208. and on all that

209. goes much sun's heat.

210. The reason that men

211. need bread is because

212. the sun

213. has produced it, and because

214. there is much sun's

215. heat in it.

216. Bread warms him who eats it.

217. The reason that wood

218. and logs are needed

219. is because there is

220. much heat in them.

221. He who buys wood

222. for the winter,

223. buys sun's heat;

224. and in the winter he burns

225. the wood whenever

226. he wants it,

227. and lets the sun's

228. heat into his room.

229. When there is heat,

230. there is motion.

231. No matter what

232. motion it may be, —

233. it all comes from heat,

234. either directly from

235. the sun’s heat,

236. or from the heat

237. which the sun has

238. prepared in the coal,

239. the wood, the bread,

240. and the grass.

241. Horses and oxen pull,

242. men work, — who moves them ?

243. — Heat.

244. Where does the

245. heat come from ? —

246. From the food.

247. And the food has been

248. prepared by the sun.

249. Watermills and windmills turn

250. around and grind.

251. Who moves them ? —

252. Wind and water.

253. And who drives the wind ?

254. — Heat.

255. And who drives the water?

256. — Again heat.

257. Heat raises the water

258. in the shape of vapour,

259. and without this the water

260. would not be falling down.

261. A machine works, —

262. it is moved by steam.

263. And who makes steam?

264. — Wood.

265. And in the wood is

266. the sun’s heat.

267. Heat makes motion,

268. and motion makes heat.

269. And both heat and motion

270. are from the sun.