Cold, White, Fluffy Water that Falls from the Sky

"Next morning I awoke, looked out the window and nearly died of fright. My screams brought Atticus from his bathroom half-shaven.
'The world's endin', Atticus! Please do something--' I dragged him to the window and pointed.
'No it's not,' he said. 'It's snowing.'
Jem asked Atticus would it keep up. Jem had never seen snow either, but he knew what it was. Atticus said he didn't know any more about snow than Jem did. 'I think, if it's watery like that, it'll turn to rain.'
"The telephone rang and Atticus left the breakfast table to answer it. 'That was Eula May,' he said when he returned. 'I quote--"As it has not snowed in Maycomb County since 1885, there will be no school today."'
...When Atticus finally called us to order and bade us look at our plates instead of out the windows, Jem asked, 'How do you make a snowman?'
'I haven't the slightest idea...I doubt there'll be enough snow for a snowball, even.'"
-- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Now go forth and laugh.
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