The water would freeze and turn into ice as the temperature continued to drop. Present lesson set and summarize with the answer. With sunrise the next day, the temperature began to climb. The glistening ice that had coated the fruit trees melted away. The fruit was undamaged, cold, but not frozen.
Freezing water can sometimes do a better job of keeping things warm than fire can.
As the liquid water sprayed onto the trees froze, it released heat energy. Some of this heat energy was released into the oranges, preventing them from freezing.