Jerry Milton Nance age 8 of San  Texas,

Is it hot in Ethiopia?

On the maps Ethiopia looks like a rumpled handkerchief with its corners pointing north south, east and west. The eastern edges sloping westward fronts on the hot Indian Ocean. The northern edge buckles around the edge of the Red Sea. The whole western area is crumpled into high mountains.

The whole country is but a few degrees north of the equator, So you would expect it to be hot. It isn't. Most of its days are sunny and . pleasant with invigorating air. For Ethiopia lies between 6000 and 15,000 feet above sea level. It basks in sunshine and mountain breezes.

The climate is wonderful except for the rainy seasons. Then the torrents pour without letup from mid‑Jane to late September. The rain digs deep gullies in the mountainsides arid gushes over the plateau areas,, Then the hill shepherds take in their flocks and the valley farmers wait for the rain to seep in to feed next years corn tobacco and cotton crops.