Have you ever seen the man in the moon ? If you look closely at the moon on some nights , you can see the face of the man in the moon . Some people say that they can see an old man carrying sticks . Others see a girl reading a book . These pictures are made by the mountains and plains of the moon .
Long ago people in England used to tell their children that the made of green cheese . Everyone knows that this is not true . The moon is a large round rock . There is nothing on it . There are no trees or plants on the moon . There are no rivers or seas . There are no living things . There is no air . It never rains on the moon and everything is covered with dry , white dust . Not even a sound can be heard on the moon .
The moon is very hot when the sun shines on it . But in the shade it is as cold as ice .
The moon is much smaller than the earth . It does not weigh as much as the earth . If you went to the moon , you would weigh six times less than you do now . Even a fat man would be able to jump high off the ground .
