Give examples (language of nature)

Every star in the sky, every stone on the ground, the moss on the stone, the floating clouds in the sky, the tender green grass, the delicate and bright wild flowers, the dawn on the bluestone bridge. Dew morning frost, birds flying together, beautiful shells and snails on the seaside, mysterious footprints on the snow, fish swimming gracefully in the water, the rings of ancient trees...

So many!

You have long known the alphabet and can easily read any sign on the street. You don’t go to the barber shop to buy medicine, and you don’t go to the pharmacy to get a haircut. You will also find your way easily if people don't accompany you, just by giving you the correct address, street name and house number.

Writing is really a good thing. Once you know the characters, you can read the thickest book and understand everything in the world.

But there is also another set of words, which everyone who wants to be truly knowledgeable should know.

This is the text of nature. There are thousands of letters in total. Each star in the sky is a letter. Every pebble under your feet is also a letter.

For those who do not know this set of words, all stars are the same thing. But some people recognize the names of many stars and can tell how they are different from other stars.

Just as the words in the book are made up of letters, the stars in the sky are also made up of constellations.

Since ancient times, when sailors needed to find their way on the sea, they would look at the book written in the stars. You know, boats leave no trace on the water, and there are no signposts with arrows that say "Here North."

But sailors don’t need such guideposts. They had compasses with magnetic needles that always pointed north. Even if they didn't have a compass, they still couldn't get lost. They looked up at the sky and found the Ursa Minor among the many constellations, and found the North Star among the Ursa Minor. The side with Polaris is north.

Clouds are also letters in the big book of the sky. It not only talks about things now, but also things in the future. When the weather is the best, thunderstorms or heavy rains can be predicted based on the clouds [Yinyu: continuous excessive rain. 〕.

Sometimes, in the hot summer, a white cloud mountain stands far away in the sky. Two pointed heads protrude from this cloud mountain to the left and right. The mountain became like an anvil in a blacksmith's shop. 〕.

Pilots know that anvil clouds are a harbinger of thunderstorms. You should stay away from it. If you fly in it, it will destroy the plane - the wind just blows so hard up there.

Birds, the messengers of the sky, will also teach many skills to those who observe them carefully.

If the swallow flies high in the sky and looks very small, then there will be good weather. The rook flew to say that spring had come to the gate. The flying crane can tell people that the hot weather is over without a calendar.

The sun was still very hot, and it was a calm, sunny day. At this time, strange and uneasy sounds came from the distance, as if people were echoing each other high in the sky. The sound got louder and closer. Staring at the sky, I could finally make out a vague spider web, as if it was being blown by the wind. The spider web flew closer, and when I raised my head, I saw that it was not a spider web, but many long-necked birds. They flew in a herringbone formation, flying in neat formations toward the sunlit forest. But soon I couldn't distinguish the individual birds, and it looked like a spider web again. In the blink of an eye, even the spider webs disappeared, as if they had melted into the sky. Only that voice still came from afar, as if saying:

"Goodbye! Goodbye! See you next spring!"

You can learn many novel things by reading the big book of the sky. .

Even The Land Beneath Our Feet is a very interesting book for those who can read it.

Now, at the construction site, the digger's shovel hits gray stone. To you, this is just an ordinary stone, but to someone who understands the language of nature, it is not an ordinary stone, but limestone. It's made from crushed shells, and you know shellfish are inhabitants of the ocean. It can be seen that in very ancient times, this place that is now a city was once a vast ocean.

Sometimes, when you are walking in the forest, you suddenly see a large granite block lying in the middle of the woods, covered with moss, like fur.

How did it get here? Who has the strength to move such a large stone into the forest? And, how did it get through the dense forest?

If you know the words of nature, you will immediately say that this is called boulder [boulder (lì): huge rocks deposited after the melting of glaciers, often with glacial scratches on them. Gravel, gravel. 〕, it was not moved by people, but by ice. These glaciers crawled over from the cold north, smashing rocks along the way and carrying the broken pieces with them. This was a long time ago, when there were no forests here. The forest around the boulders came later.

To learn the writing of nature, you should often walk in the forest or fields from an early age and observe everything carefully. If there is something you don't understand, you should go to the book to find an explanation.

You should also always ask knowledgeable people: What kind of stone is this? What kind of tree is this? What's the name of this bird? What are the tracks on the snow?

In this way, when you grow up in the future, you will be a construction worker, or a pilot, or a sailor, or an engineer in the field - an agronomist. When you read the nature book, you will definitely look like the one printed on the paper. The book is as clear as the above.

The following are a few verses from the poem "The Language of Nature" written by Dai Badi:

Look at the white clouds in the sky, / this is the language of nature: / The white clouds are floating high, / It will definitely be a sunny day tomorrow.

Look at the ants on the ground, / This is also the language of nature: / The ants are busy moving, / They need to bring an umbrella when going out.

Tadpoles swimming in the water look like black "commas"? /Nature writes on the water: /Spring comes to the world.

The wild geese are flying south in formation,/isn’t it like a string of “ellipses”? /Nature writes in the blue sky: /Autumn is right in front of you.

If a big tree is cut down, / you will find the growth rings - / only grows one circle a year, / this is the language of nature.

If you catch a big fish, / there will also be circles on the fish scales - / one circle is one year old, / this is the language of nature.

Nature has embedded the "trilobite" fossils on the top of the Himalayas. / This is telling people: / There was once a vast ocean.

Nature scattered a piece of "boulder" / on Lushan Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, / which reminds everyone that / there were cold glaciers here.

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The language of nature is really wonderful. /Those who do not like to learn cannot understand, /Those who are careless will never see.

Biological fossils.

Fossils. Glaciers. Stones

Ants, dragonflies, fish