Blow Wind Blow

[Music] me this is a story my friend johnny told me today he spent out in the country by a day everything was cardio there was hardly a ripple on the pond [Music] not a thing was stirring in the fields johnny was on his way to uncle henry's farm you see johnny had a brand new sailboat and he wanted to sail it on uncle henry's big pond [Music] but johnny began to wonder was there enough wind to sail his boat he could see the clouds moving [Music] yes way up there the wind was blowing all right but down here how still and quiet everything was [Music] no it didn't look so good you can't sail a sailboat without a wind all of a sudden the flowers began to move and then johnny's hat [Music] could it be could it possibly be that the wind was starting to blow what do you think how can you tell when the wind is blowing you can't see the wind but you can see the trees moving and you can see where the wind is moving through the grass and you can see flowers dancing in the wind johnny knew another way we can use to see if the wind is blowing well thought johnny you can't see the wind but you can see the things it moves just as the little poem says who has seen the wind neither i nor you but when the leaves hang trembling the wind is passing through do you hear the wind doesn't it seem to be getting louder and stronger yes the wind is growing stronger what fun it is when the wind blows then johnny saw another way to have fun in the wind fun with milkweed [Music] the wind can make you feel like a bird there's a poem that tells about that take my hand and let us run with the wind out in the sun we're so happy we could fly if the wind would blow us high running with the wind was fun but johnny wanted to get along to uncle henry's farm this was going to be a good day for sailing his boat a good windy day [Music] wow now what does johnny see [Music] he wants to get a closer look [Music] a staircraft and the wind helps to make it look alive and scare away the crows does the wind help us in other ways [Music] it turns the windmill do you know what a windmill does it pumps water out of a deep well for the animals to drink [Music] the wind helps to dry the washing it helps to make houses cool [Music] it helps airplanes to fly [Music] yes the wind certainly does help us in many ways doesn't it [Music] but now johnny had reached uncle henry's farm and and there was uncle henry johnny couldn't wait to show his new boat and ask if it was all right to sail it on the pond then johnny told about the fun he had with the wind how he had seen the things the wind was blowing how he had felt the wind and heard it yes said uncle henry there's a good west wind blowing today a west wind how can you tell it's a west wind wonder johnny then uncle henry showed something to johnny can you guess what it was up on top of the barn a wind vane see the arrow is pointing to the w that means the wind is blowing from the west oh but look the wind is shifting now the wind is blowing from the south johnny knows a song about that the winds they blow from east or west from north or south which wait is best for men the land and men at sea for children to like you and me so listen to them listen to [Music] the wind that was blowing was a warm wind so johnny didn't need his jacket anymore uncle henry told him to be sure and stay at the shallow end of the pond where he could keep an eye on as johnny hurried onto the pond he thought about the wind how it makes things move how you can hear it how it helps us in many ways [Music] how you can feel it and how it comes from different directions west south north or east and that's the story my friend johnny told me the story of his wonderful day with the wind [Music] you