OPEN SHUT WEATHER FORECASTING

Grand-mère doesn't need to listen to the prévisions météo to know if it's going to rain or not; she simply has to look at Mother Nature's barometer. Pine cones react to ambient humidity; they remain open when  the weather is beau fixe and they close if it's going to rain.

Vocabulary
une pomme de pin:  a pine cone
un baromètre:  a barometer
la Dame Nature:  Mother Nature
les prévisions météorologiques:  weather forecast

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