Emily Trahan reads The Windy Day

0:19 Good evening, everyone. My name is Emily Trahan with Long Lewis Automotive Group, and tonight I'm going to read you one of

0:25 my little girls' favorite books. It's called The Windy Day. Have you ever wondered what sways the

0:34 trees and makes leaves dance across the grass? It's nothing you can see. It's nothing

0:43 you can hold, but if you go outside on a windy day, you can feel it.

0:49 It's the air moving around. It ruffles your hair and snatches your hat almost

0:55 as if it wants to play. If you roll out the string of a big

1:02 bright kite, then throw the kite into the air and run as fast as you can, the

1:08 wind might catch it and make it fly. It dips and dives and swoops around held

1:16 up by the invisible wind. All at once a blustery gust tosses the kite into a tree.

1:23 The wind is rough and tumbly along the cliff. It rushes in from the sea and

1:28 stumbles over the bumpy land. But out on the open sea, the wind blows

1:37 steadily for miles and miles. It fills a boat's sails making them billow and

1:43 pushes the boat across the waves. High in the sky, seagulls cry and their

1:51 voices are carried away by the wind. They tilt their wings to catch the

1:55 breeze and ride it back to shore. It's too blowy for little birds to fly

2:03 around, so they huddle up on a branch and wait for the wind to go away.

2:08 At the foot of the tree, there's a sheltered spot where animals hide from

2:13 the chilly wind, tucked into holes and piles of fallen leaves. As the wind rustles a sycamore tree, its

2:22 twirly seeds are shaken free. They spin down and down and down. The seeds lie

2:31 scattered on the ground. Soon, they'll start to grow into new sycamore trees. Further along the cliff tops stands a

2:41 row of tall white windmills. Wind blowing in from the sea slowly pushes their sails around.

2:49 The turning windmills make electricity, which is sent through wires to a nearby town. It lights up the lights there and

2:56 makes all kinds of things work. You might wonder if the restless wind ever gets tired of blowing, but even

3:06 when the wind dies down where you are, it's always blowing somewhere. That's all for tonight. Thank you so

3:16 much for listening. I hope you sleep well and have a great day tomorrow.

3:20 Sweet dreams.