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Loretta is FUSE ' s newest Young Reporter ! See more about her in iMatter , pages 14-15 .

THE MOLECULE ’ S JOURNEY by Loretta L

What ’ s made of two hydrogens and an oxygen ? I am ! I ’ m a water molecule .

I have been to lots of places including rivers , lakes and other things like that . I was even once in some tomato sauce ! Water is everywhere .

Let ’ s get started on the story . Where ’ s my diary for Saturday ? Yes , here it is . SATURDAY , 3 minutes past 8 in the morning .

EVAPORATION

8:03 THE OCEAN

I have been in the ocean for days now and I hope the sun will come out soon .

15:20 IN THE AIR AND GOING UP

The Sun came out from behind a cloud a few minutes ago . Me and some other water molecules turned into a gaseous state .

15:45 IN THE AIR We have stopped rising .

CONDENSATION

15:46 IN THE AIR We are making little droplets .

16:00 A CLOUD We have made a nice big cloud !

16:30 A CLOUD

I had a very nice chat with a water molecule that evaporated off a leaf .

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