Raining Words

It rained and rained. All day it had rained. Jennifer sighed and closed her book. There was nothing to do except read, but now she was tired of that, too. “Mom, what’s there to do?” Mother thought for a moment, “Well, you can always clean your room.” By the look on Jennifer’s face, that wasn’t what Jennifer had in mind. “Or,” she tried again, “you can help me in the garden pretty soon. The rain is supposed to stop and I can already see some blue sky peeking through.” That wasn’t exactly...