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watched a third grader purchase a halfgallon of milk.This store had been on the cornerin the commu-nity for at least 25 years and was a favorite part-time job for highschool students and others needing work.Today's cashier wasabout 40 and much more interested in the small TV behind thecounter than in anyone in the store.The cashier placed the milkin a paper bag,and the child carried it out holding the bag at itstop.As my daughter and I continued to look for the perfect icecream novelty to help cool us off on this sweltering daythe childreturned,tears streaming down his freckled face,to complain thatthe bag had broken.He wanted the cashier to replace the milk.Shaking with fright and unable to keep the hair out of his wateryeyes,he was crying about how angry his mother would be withhim.  \nThe cashier did not believe the story and loudly claimed thatthe boy had dropped the bag.The tattered remains of the bagwere still in the boy's hands and milk was splashed on his shoes.The two continued to raise their voices:  \n\"I can't help you.You'll have to come back with more money.\"\"But my mom'llkillme;we don't have any more money.Pleasegive me another bottle of milk!\"  \n“I said,NO!Now get out of here,kid!”  \nThe child stood there crying.I walked around the one freestanding display rack which stood in the middle of the small roomand stooped to talk to the boy.When asked,he repeated his storyto me as the cashier glared and interjected comments like,\"Hedropped it.Don't believe him!\"I told him that things would be allright;I would buy him another carton of milk.When I did so,Iasked him to please support it from the bottom so that he didn'thave the same problem again.He thanked me and left.  \nWhile Johannah and I returned home,we discussed the situ-ation at the store.I said that I had an idea that might help explainthings but that we might have to do an experiment when we gothome.She agreed to listen.I first told her that the water in theatmosphere made the air feel \"sticky.\"This feeling resulted fromour inability to evaporate any water into the air when we sweat.Itwas partly responsible for the sweat beading up on our brows.The air was holding about as much water as it could.I then saidthat it takes energy to keep the water in the air and that this ener-gy describes with a number,or measures,the motion of theatoms as they bounce against one another.This is called heat.There is more energy in the air when it is hot,and so hot air canhold more water than cold air.And today we happened to have alot of water in the air,about as much as the air could hold.  \nWhen we got home,I took Johannah over to the refrigeratorand asked her if it was colder inside the refrigerator or outside.  \nTH E NE W S LE T T E R OF THE S E CU L A R F A MILY N ET W O R K  \nShe eyed me suspiciously,and said that of course it was colderin the refrigerator.Then l asked if there was more energy in a bitof air from the refrigerator or the same amount from outside andshe told me that there was more energy in the air outside.\"So,\"Iasked,\"which bit of air can hold more water?\"She respondedthat the air outside could hold more water.  \n\"Now suppose we take the milk out of the refrigerator and setit on the picnic table outside.What will happen to the air near themilk container?\"She told me that it would get cooler and that themilk would start to heat up.\"And would the air near the milk beable to hold as much water as before?\"\"No,\"she said.\"So,if theair was holding as much water as possible when it was hot,andit was cooler now,what is going to happen to the water in that bitof air?\"She wasn't sure,but said that the water had to go some-where.\"Have you ever taken a drink of lemonade on a summerday and found that the glass was wet?\"Iasked.\"Do you think thatthere might be some connection to the problem which the boy inthe store","cbCaiuIyw2XT5fIP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuIyw2XT5fIP","pdf",2716486,"English","# Science at Home\n## Grocery 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