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Once upon a time, there was a windmill named 

Willy. Willy lived in the middle of a beautiful 

field in Northern Michigan. 

Every day, Willy enjoyed the beautiful scenery 

that surrounded him. The grass was green, the 

sun was bright, and the sky was blue. 

Despite the beautiful scenery, Willy was sad. 

He did not know what his purpose was. He 

seemed to just sit in the middle of the field all 

by himself. 

He knew that his friend Sunny the solar 

panel used energy from the sun to 

generate electricity. 

Sunny the solar panel uses solar 

energy to produce heat and electricity. I 

wish I could do something like that, 

thought Willy, I feel like I don't do 

anything useful. 

Then one day the wind blew very 

strongly. The strangest thing started to 

happen. Willy's blades started to turn. 

They started to turn faster and faster. 

Willy didn't know what was happening, 

but it felt good. When the wind started 

to blow a different direction, Willy turned 

his head to catch more of the wind. His 

blades continued to turn around and 

around and around. Willy smiled and 

said, "This is soooo much fun!" 

Willy's blades continued to turn and he could feel 

the shaft inside of him move. His shaft then 

started to spin the generator inside of him. Willy 

was so excited. 

But why is all of this happening?, thought Willy. 

Evening came and the sun began to set. Willy 

was sitting there, enjoying the sunset, when all of 

a sudden he noticed something far off in the 

distance. 

It looked like a tiny yellow dot, then he realized it 

was a light. As he looked closer, there were 

several little houses 

off in the distance with light coming out of them. 

Wow, Willy thought, it is so pretty.  

The next morning, Willy woke up in a good 

mood and ready to start the day. I hope today 

is as fun as yesterday, he thought.

His morning started off like any other morning. 

The sun rose high in the sky, the sky was blue, 

the grass was green, and he enjoyed watching 

the baby bunnies play in the grass. Once 

again, the wind blew and his blades began to 

turn.

"This is great!", Willy exclaimed. 

However, as his morning continued, 

something surprising happened. Trucks began 

pulling up near him and men started to unload 

big pieces of equipment. Hey, those look like 

the parts that I am made of, he thought. 

The men continued to unload the trucks and started to 

use the windmill parts to build more windmills. Before 

Willy knew it, there were dozens of windmills 

surrounding him. 

Willy decided to be friendly and introduce himself to 

the windmill next to him. 

"Hi, my name is Willy", he said. "What is your name?"

"Hi, I'm Freddy", the other windmill said. "Nice to 

meet you, it's a beautiful view you have here."

"Yes it is", said Willy, "Wait until night time." 

Evening came and the sun set. Willy began to 

see the lights in the houses off in the distance. 

"See Freddy, aren't they beautiful?", said Willy. 

"Yes they are", said Freddy, "You know, you 

played a big role in making those lights light 

up?"

"What?!", asked Willy, "No way, I'm just Willy 

the windmill".

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