So way back when there was this farmer named William Bentley.
He lived in Vermont and always loved it when there was snow.
His mom got him a microscope and he loved to look small things like blades of grass, raindrops, but he always loved seeing the snowflakes the best.
When he got older his parents got him a camera and he took pictures with it.
He would go outside in the snowstorm while everyone else was by the fire and take pictures of the snowflakes.
He also sometimes when there wasn't snow falling got a grasshopper and tied it to a leaf.
Then in the morning when there was dew on him he took pictures of it.
When he got older he started giving away his work or selling it for a few cents.
He used all of the money he got to get more pictures.
When he was 67 he went around 5 miles from home in a blizzard to get pictures but he got pneumonia and died less than two weeks later.
They made a statue for him, he always loved detail and never missed a blizzard.
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