Show IIII I oo THE RAIN CLO CLOUDS I A A LL IJ the Clouds big and amI small of ofa ofa were WIO hiding on top a mountain and in the big hollows in Its side slue I Down on the ground ery e flower and plant and growing thing was cr cryIng cry cry- Ing fag for water and md old Mother gu Earth th was beside herself with grief over the suffering of her children They all aU will die she moaned and Olund I cannot do a thing to help them Even the tall trees are heavy with dust Oh wh where re are arc the Rain Clouds and wh why do they not do their work work and s save ve my children The lItte brooks an and streams hn had done all they could to help but even en almost dl and und In her despair de do- they were dry e- e air si-air Mother Earth caught ht a Warm Breeze floating by and und asked ed it if It it knew new where the Rain Clouds were and wh wily why the they did not come where when the they were so much needed Warm mm Breeze Breez said hald he dl did not know but that he would ask Tree Top If he could get high enough but that he had little strength th left himself the earth was so warm Somehow Warm Breeze e did dh manage to tr get a rn message to Tree and they sent back word that the Rain Haiti Clouds were hiding om anI the mountain and around it t. t Then along lIong carne came came Brisk Breeze who was aus passing on h his s wn way home and Mother lother Earth be begged ged him hlin to to tell the Rain Clouds to hurry or her children would woul perish But the lad had Clouds when Brisk Breeze gave gu them Mother Earths Earth's message Just ran off orr high up In the time sky saying t they were wele were not going to work worl they were were going gOin-g sail ing Brisk Breeze was a friend to toMother toMother toMother Mother Earth however howe and he flew fiew 7 I Y t I I J The Fatt Falling Fast Falling Tears Made Pud J dies straight t to old Mr fr Thunder find and his sister Miss JJ s Lightning mi and told them what was going on on Oh how Mr Thunder did scold He lie could be heard for tor miles around He caught those runaway rain clouds every one big an and small and carried them right to his tempered quick-tempered sister sister sis ter and und how she did dill spank spunk them I while all ull the time thue Mr Thun Thunder cr scold scold- CU eu I Rain Clouds began to cr cry the time big ones as us well veil as us the little ones un and down rolled their tears tE-ars on the thirsty thIrst Mother Earth Eurth und and her parched parche chil- chil dt len en M My how those rain ruin clouds did cr cry The They cried so hard and und so long that their fust fast falling failing tears made puddles I un and pools all lit over mer the ground but Mother 1 Earth arth did not care she Just I made e places to catch the time falling I drops and when the little brooks un and streams 41 sl reams ran over she told them Never lever mind uy afy 11 dears deurs we can cnn use It If nil all I am urn so thirsty I can drink er e every bit of It h before morning And she did for the next morning er e everything e was bright and fresh and Mother lother Earth and all aU her children were wele no longer thirsty The Rain Clouds were all fill afraid of Mr Jr Thunder and his sister hot tern tem Miss LI Lightning after anel that an and now rHo when they hear him scolding they are fire pretty prett sure to come running and begin their work worl for th they y know how angry he can be when they fall fail to give Mother Iother and her children chil- chil dren water when they mute are thirst thirsty Ill by McClure New Newspaper paper Syndicate |