What simile does the author use in the first paragraph? Write the simile as your answer Mr. Lopez sits at the bed watching Mrs. Lopez sleep. He gently strokes her wrinkled hand and touches the wedding ring she has worn for fifty years. Outside snows falls like a blanket over the Earth but Mr. Lopez does not see it. He only sees his wife and waits for her to wake.

snows falls like a blanket over the Earth

He gently strokes her wrinkled hand

the wedding ring she has worn for fifty years.

He only sees his wife and waits for her to wake.