But why? - Because he possesses three different, far reaching, powerful-active arms, one of which spreads in all directions into its children and grandchildren, the second in all the fountains, brooks, rivers and rapids, often going further than his children and grandchildren, the third, most outstretched arm, however, exists in the cloud-region, which has its central point at the Grossglockner for several countries plus carefully guarded and subordinate resting places by the many children (Alpine ranges) scattered far and wide, where it accumulates again in ever more and more misty masses (of clouds). And when, for example, these masses accumulate too densely on the Choralps then such an alp mountain) has again subordinate grandchildren, who eagerly alleviate their mother off a large part of her burden, - on which occasion this third arm of the Grossglockner usually pours itself out in a beneficent rain, and prepares a delicious meal for the poor flora and wildlife of the lower level region – The Grossglockner, Chapter 1, Paragraph 36