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 Every part of this earth story is going on today. Volcanoes still burn, earthquakes still lift and crack and fold the rocky floor of the ocean. You remember the terrible earthquakes we have had. They shook down great cities. The earth under them was lifted a little, or dropped a little. One volcano poured out melted rock, or lava and granite, and buried a city. Some seacoasts are slowly sinking, some rising. Small islands come up or disappear. The valleys are being filled up, the mountains worn down by water, wind, frost, men, animals and plants. Tons and tons of mud and sand are being carried out to the ocean every day, to be turned into stone again. Sea animals are  dying, and dropping their bones and shells to the ocean floor. Isn't it a wonderful story? Don't all these things mean a great deal more to you than they did before? See.