Oceans, Lakes, and Rivers

The deep blue sea

The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth’s wide regions round. From Barry Cornwall Sailors talk about “the seven…

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Nursery Rhymes

This Is the Way the Ladies Ride

> This is the way the ladies ride, Nimble, nimble, nimble, nimble! > > This is the way the ladies ride, A-nimble, nimble, nimble! > > This is the way the gentlemen ride, Gallop-a-trot,…

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Planets, Stars, and Galaxies

A many-ringed planet

The sixth planet from the sun is Saturn. It is the second largest planet—nearly ten times bigger than the earth. Saturn is named after the Roman god of farming. It has a rocky center, probably…

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