Friday, May 3, 2013

How much does a snowflake weigh?

It was snowing heavily and a dove and a squirrel were talking. "Tell me, how much does a snowflake weigh?" asked a squirrel turning to a dove. "No more much than nothing" the dove replied. "Then, I need to tell you a wonderful story," the squirrel went on. "I was sitting on the branch of a maple tree, close to the tree trunk when it started to snow, not heavily, just a soft, slow drifting of snowflakes, like in a dream, lightly and soundlessly. As I had nothing better to do, I started counting the flakes that fell on the branch I was sitting on. I have counted exactly 3 million 741 952 flakes that had accumulated on the maple leaves. " When the next flake fell, the 3 millionth 741 953rd flake, weighing no more than nothing, the branch snapped and fell all the way to the ground below". " That's    a beautiful story", the dove said. "Maybe we need just one more person for the peace in the world to come about".

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