Wednesday, September 21, 2005

The Adventures of a Little Cloud

Once upon a time, a very long time ago, there was a little cloud. He was a bright, happy, fluffy, white cloud. He was so happy and carefree unlike those dismal, angry, roaring, dark clouds.
He played several different games with his friends. His favorite game was shapes. He liked to change into all sorts of shapes. One day, he discovered a shape no other cloud had ever made… a square. Oh, how he loved transforming into a square. He made himself into a square every chance he had.
The other little clouds had never seen such a thing and laughed at the little square cloud. This made the little square cloud very sad. He began to puff up with tears. The sadder he became, the bigger he grew. The other clouds were still laughing and laughing. Until finally, he couldn’t hold anymore tears. He had grown bigger than all the other clouds. He was angry at them for their laughing. All of the sudden, he noticed himself changing colors. This was something new he never did before. He became darker and darker. He roared with anger and sadness. The other clouds were afraid and left in a hurry.
By this time, the little, bright, happy, fluffy, white cloud had become a dismal, angry, roaring dark cloud. He poured his tears on everything in sight. He rumbled and growled. Suddenly, he began to feel a little better. He supposed that is what a good cry meant, when you feel better when you’re done. Just then, he saw the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. So many colors wrapping around the sky like a giant bow.
The little cloud had learned how to rain. What a happy day. All the other clouds came back and apologized for being mean. They all gazed in amazement at the spectacular rainbow. After that, they all played the shape game. And once in a while one of them changes colors too. They might even rain a little. But that’s okay. Because, if you want to see a rainbow, you have to have a little rain.

The End

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