 Hello. Thank you for calling Dial a story presented by Children's Services San Francisco Public Library. In many parts of the world during the wintertime there is snow. Here we have to go to the mountains to see snow. But imagine what might happen if it snowed right here in San Francisco. It might be like this story adapted from Katie and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton. Katie was a beautiful red crawler tractor. She was very big and very strong and could do many things. Katie had a bulldozer to push dirt and a snow plow to push snow. She belonged to the highway department of the city of Geopolis. This snowy winter Katie stayed at home because she was so big and heavy that the smaller plows could do the work. She wasn't needed yet. Then one early morning it was four inches deep. By afternoon it was ten inches. This began forming one foot, two feet, three, five. The snow piled up to the first story window and then the second. At last everything was snowed in. The roads were blocked and no traffic could move. The stores were closed. Mail couldn't be delivered. Electricity and telephone lines couldn't be repaired. Water and police departments couldn't work. Geopolis was covered with a thick blanket of snow. Everything was stopped. Only Katie could move. And slowly, steadily she started to plow out the city. She plowed to the police station. She plowed to the city center and post office. She plowed to the railroad station. She plowed to the telephone and electricity companies. She plowed to East Geopolis, to North Geopolis. Then she turned south to South Geopolis and then to East Geopolis. Katie was beginning to get tired but she wouldn't stop, not Katie. Thanks to Katie, the firemen could put out fires. The doctor could get to the hospital. The telephones and electric lights were working. The mail was delivered. The police could protect the city. Katie had rescued the city from snow. Only then did Katie go home to rest. Only then did Katie stop. Katie really did work hard in that snow. And let's hope that if it ever snows in San Francisco like that, there will be a snow plow like Katie to help our city. Go out and have a good day. Bye.