The Storm

Thunder rattled the windows while lightning lit the room with flash after flash of eerie blue light. I pulled my blankets over my head. There was no use in trying to sleep, but maybe the ostrich maneuver would make me feel better. Boo-o-om. That one was close. Tink..plink, tink. Who would throw rocks at my window in the middle of the night? I pulled the blankets around me even closer. Rocks? No, that has to be hail! Shshshshsh. The wind was picking up. I shivered with more fear than cold....