Page 2 of There Are Rivers in the Sky

H 2 O

W ater … the strangest chemical, the great mystery.

With two hydrogen atoms at the tips, each bonded to a single oxygen at the centre, it is a bent molecule, not linear. If it were linear, there would be no life on earth … no stories to tell.

Three atoms join to form water: H–O–H.

Three characters connect across borders of time and place, and together they make this story …