Show b Y MANY IT 13 un 9 o ITS RAINING OUT Now the King of ot the Clouds decided he had had hart a long enough rest He lie had been thinking so for some little time He had Imd talked to Mr Sun about It that day and Mr Dir Sun had even gone one to luncheon with the King ring of the the Clouds and they had had a quiet talk behind one of the clouds The people had said that the sun had gone behind a cloud a and d had wondered whether it was going torain to toraIn torain rain or not But then Mr Sun had decided to come out again as ns the King of Clouds had said he really didn't think hed he'd bother about raining for awhile So the sun had come out and the people had said It uIt looked like rain for a little while but It seems to have cleared off orr now Mr Sun and the King of the Clouds had had an interesting chat about dry land as they had had luncheon Perhaps you ou would like to know first what they had for luncheon They had excellent Cloud Fluff soup Rainbow salad and Sunshine Ice ce cream and rain water to drin drink The King of the Clouds had said he le didn't see why people made such sucha a point of saying dry land Oh Mr Sun Sup replied that Is when they are speaking of It in contrast contrast con con- rast to the ocean The ocean is so very wet such depths and depths and depths and depths of wetness that by comparison the he land Is never wet at all Still said the King of the Clouds uI I I do make It pretty wet at times I get et places almost flooded Ive I've flooded cellars and Ive I've flooded streets rye urve made the ground so thick and muddy Ive made the land anything but dry nt at at times For a moment said Mr Sun I uI Iwas was teas up a. a a tree What What What What What What What asked the King of the Clouds What do you mean meant 1 he le I added You weren't up a tree for a moment moment mo mo- ment or half a moment or a quarter v r 9 C J An Interesting Chat of f a moment or even a second that I noticed and Ive I've been watching you ou every second as we hav have talked You haven't been away Youve You've not ot been up a n tree Youve You've been right up p here In the sky Besides when you ou are so high up ups as s this I dont don't believe you could ever say ay you ou were up a tree Even if It you ou were at the very top of a tree you ou would be down from the sky and ando so o you would almost have to say you ou were down a tree tree tree-or or at least down up own up a tree I uI Just meant said Mr Sun S that for or the moment I was puzzled about my answer The expression that a person Is up up a tree means often that they're puzzled Of course boys and girls climb limb trees but when no one Is climbing climb climb- Ing ng a tree and uses that expression It means they're thele puzzled and dont don't Quite understand But really in spite of what you yousa land wet at sa ay say about making the so times lines it Is dry land even cven when itIs It ItIs Its Is s wettest compared to the ocean and that hat Is what they compare with dry land and So they had chatted But when evening came the I King ot of othe the he Clouds decided It was now tl time ne for or him to rain Some children opened a window before be be- fore ore they went en to bed and androne one of ot there them said Why Its It's raining out Then how the KIn ring King of ot the Clouds Cloud Raining out I be he exclaimed Of Ot course it is raining out Did else they think I rained anywhere but out Of course coure I som Umes leak or 01 flood a bit I But Im I'm all for raining out out out-out out where I ha have hae e lots and lots of ot room Its raining out a fine one I |