Everyone has been talking about the dog days of summer and I was wondering why they were called that. I did a little research and found that the ancient Romans thought that Sirius, the Dog Star in the constellation, Canis Major, and also the brightest star in the night sky, was the cause of hot and steamy summer weather. I guess the name stuck and now I’m stuck in the dog days of summer.
1 Why did I come outside? It's so hot today.
2 This is what they mean by the dog days of summer.
3 I feel so lazy.
4 It's no cooler here.
5 It's a little cooler in the shade but Vivaldi must be hot, too. He's not even moving away from me, as he usually does.
6 Maybe a bucket of ice cubes would cool me off!