Show d J Fairy F liry Tale I JN GRAHAM BONNER 1 hN A W tl 1 K CITY RAINDROPS It had been raining mining for tor several days clay and sick Mck and Nancy had had to toe e pend a n great creat deal of ot time Indoors The rhe rain still keeps kerps up doesn't It said Daddy as they all listened to It coming coining do down tun on the Ile tin Un ro roof f. f Ve We hope It wont won't rain ruin tomorrow wild said Nick Mck lck as us we C want to take a n good walk and find some flowers Veil lII I 1 hope for tor your jour our sakes Bakes too that It wont won't said Daddy Duddy lint Hut you urn ou Know the rain thinks It ItIs Itis Itis is lots of fun tUIl to pour clown on the earth with nil the force it can cnn use Once there was almost a 8 quarrel up In the cloudy clouds Some of the raindrops raindrops rain rain- drops d were being told toll to 10 drop steadily for Cor tl two 0 days das In the open country where the they would help the things to to grow lW mind and Improve the earth For Tor some reason or other those raindrops did not want to rain In the tile country The They said they wanted d some ex- ex So 0 the King of ot the Clouds asked them where they thy would like to full fall and Imd they replied that they would like to fall down on the city pavements pa for fr then they said they could see so bo many more people You see CE they knew that In the country countr when it rains ruins the people are Hr my very much more apt to stay indoors whereas In the city there Is so much to be attended to by everybody e and so much business to be done that the people must roust go out and the cars have ha c s sI sZ I Z ant The King of the Clouds Cloud Asked Aked Them to run ran just the same whether It rains or DOtSO not DOt So Jo the raindrops thought they ther could e have a u nice taste of city life But these raindrops were ere really made malle very happy when they were allowed allowed allowed al al- lowed to rain In the city Their dispositions were better than thaD If they had hod had hind to run rain In the country In fact tact they felt so pleased about It that they only rained very ery gently They fell down on the city pavements pavements pave pave- ments Ir very lightly nail and watched all nil the people put up tip their umbrellas Then the they would barely step on the ground and the people would close their umbrellas again Of cour course e the they couldn't manage to fall too lightly for If they they did dIll did old Mr 1 Sun would have ha come corne straight out und and driven them away And they were bound they would stay In the city all that day Such n u fume fine day as ns they had hall They rained just enough for people to call It n a little drizzle but Lut not enough to keep anyone anone one in Now Ow the they said that If they had hud hud had to rain i in III the country they would see we so 80 few tew people and would be Le BO so lonely that Ihl they would not be able to keep kelp from sobbing their eyes ees out and pouring In torrents torrent aSu a. a So Su the raindrops for one day doy nt at tea least t timid had what they culled called a very Iry so- so dahll time und and anyway It was U a most change for Cor them |