chapter six

And the rain fell and fell, until in each street puddle collected a tempest. A storm. A little bit of bad news. And the skies darkened as the wind picked up. Houses were shaken from their foundations, children were tucked into their beds and their windows were closed. The angry breeze preyed upon parrot and mouse. They held on to each other as tightly as they could, with mouse's tail wrapped around a streetlight, and parrot's beak gripping an umbrella stand. But it was no use. Parrot was picked up in the gust and tossed around, thrown about all the way to the eiffel tower.



Illustration: Ward Jenkins