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A bolt of lightning streaks across a dark sky. Old Faithful erupts during a thunder storm. Old Faithful shoots a large column of water and steam into the sky on a wintry day. A family photo of the Cleveland Family. Grace has short dark hair. James has light hair and wears glasses. Dad has graying hair and wears glasses. Mom has light colored hair.
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Grace
I don't believe this! Addie can't come over either! Her mother doesn't want to go out in this storm. Can you take me to her house? Come on, James, you have your driver's license!

James
Grace, I don't want to be out in this weather either! Besides, you know that if Mom and Dad were home, they would say exactly what Addie's mother just said.

Grace
But this storm has been going on all weekend!

James
Cheer up! At least, it should be over before we're scheduled to join Mom and Dad in Yellowstone National Park. Wild horses couldn't keep me from that trip!

Just think, we've never seen a geyser erupt, and in a few days, we're going to see Old Faithful--the most famous geyser in the world! Doesn't that make you excited?

Grace
Sure, unless it's storming like this in Wyoming. Probably Old Faithful doesn't erupt when it's raining.

James
Sure it does. It erupts day after day, season after season, and year after year. Weren't you paying attention when Dad told us that?

Grace
Well, the way my luck is running, Old Faithful will probably stop the day I get there.

Glossary
geyser--a hot spring that erupts at periodic intervals and throws water forcibly into the air
erupt(s)--to explode or release water and gases Skip to slide controls.