Winter - Greg M

Winter by Greg Manata

It was always winter on Planet Winter. Its sun rarely ever shined and, when it did, it was only for a few moments. Most of the time on Planet Winter it was overcast, rainy, and cold.

Scientists on Earth took an interest in Planet Winter. They were curious about the weather there and why it was always so winter-like. The weird thing is that Planet Winter isn’t very far from its sun and there didn’t seem to be any other strange circumstances in place that would obviously result in a very chilly planetary climate. Scientists were puzzled.

Scientists thought that there might be something they could learn from Planet Winter. They thought that by studying Planet Winter, they might discover a way to help combat global warming on Earth. However, since they could not discover the secret to Planet Winter’s perpetual winter-like climate, they soon went back to feeling very pessimistic about global warming.

One day, scientists noticed that Planet Winter suddenly got very warm and the weather got very nice. It seemed like over night its beaches were transformed from snowy wastelands into ideal vacation spots. Scientists looked very closely at the planet and found a large sign that read: This planet has changed its name to Planet Summer. Scientists remained puzzled.