Cloud Elephant Day

The mysterious twinkling of distant stars attracts the eye to the sky at night During the day, the clouds floating on the blue surface cause inexhaustible interest With their shape they resemble hearts and rosebuds, castles and spaceships, heads of cabbage and cotton candy, jellyfish, lambs, crocodiles and other animals Some people claim that with the help of swirling clouds, the sky talks to a person, sending him messages encrypted in pictures “Today I saw it myself: an elephant was flying across the sky” These rhyming lines talk about a cloud in the form of an animal with large ears, tusks and a trunk Elephants in the sky are not such nonsense and absurdity Ancient people were convinced that the Earth was flat Its firmament rests on three elephants standing on a giant turtle, symbols of three dimensions - length, width and height This entire structure floats on the surface of the World Ocean These beliefs have long been replaced by the theory of a spherical Earth that moves around the Sun However, cumulus, cirrus and nimbostratus clouds floating across the sky attract people's attention just as much today as they did thousands of years ago Meteorologists use their shape and color to make weather forecasts People with a well-developed imagination see in clouds of water vapor not so much harbingers of snow or rain, but the figures of giant mammals A funny holiday is celebrated on March 10 - Cloud Elephant Day Some people see these cute animals flying across the sky in balloons or in the baskets of airships Some are sleeping on giant fluffy clouds Giant mammals travel the skies alone or in herds Sky elephants are most often white But there are also multi-colored ones, woven from sparkling rainbow clouds They write humorous songs and poems about them: There are many celebrations to honor the cute and friendly animals with big ears and trunks: National Thai Elephant Day, World Elephant Day and Blue Elephant Day Close observation of clouds has prompted people to create another holiday dedicated to the largest land mammal These giants, despite their impressive size and weight, are completely harmless and have an easy-going and kind disposition Their developing ears are often compared to the wings of birds soaring across the sky Therefore, thanks to dreamers and merry people, Cloud Elephant Day appeared on the holiday calendar, which is celebrated annually on March 10