The Cheeky Cloud WIP

The Cheeky Cloud WIP

High up in the bright blue sky lived a fluffy white cloud named Nimbus. Every day, he floated around sprinkling rain on the world below. One sunny morning, Nimbus woke up and yawned. "Rain, rain, rain," he sighed. "That's all I ever do! Today, I want to do something CRAZY!" He bounced with excitement. "SPLISH-SPLASH SURPRISE!" WHOOOOSH! He zoomed away across the sky. First, Nimbus floated over the sunny beach. It was the middle of summer. Everyone wore swimsuits and sunglasses. "SPLISH-SPLASH SURPRISE!" shouted Nimbus. POOF! POOF! POOF! White snowflakes started falling from the sky! "SNOW?" yelled a little boy. "In SUMMER?" A girl tried to catch snowflakes on her tongue. PLOP! One landed on her sand castle. Another landed on her dad's head. He jumped up. "COLD! COLD! COLD!" Nimbus giggled so hard he nearly fell out of the sky. Next, he spotted the town playground. Children were zooming down slides and swinging on swings. "SPLISH-SPLASH SURPRISE!" Nimbus shouted again. SPLISH! SPLASH! SPLOSH! Orange juice poured down like rain! "It's raining juice!" screamed the children. Everything got sticky. The monkey bars were sticky. The seesaw was sticky. A dog ran through an orange puddle and his paws went SQUISH SQUISH SQUISH with every step. "My hands are all sticky!" laughed a boy, and his hands stuck together like glue! Nimbus was laughing so hard his belly shook. "One more! One more!" he giggled, bouncing across the sky. He floated over Farmer Fred's farm. The chickens were clucking. The cows were mooing. The pigs were rolling in mud. "SPLISH-SPLASH SURPRISE!" Nimbus yelled his loudest yet. BONK! DONK! SQUEAK! Hundreds of yellow rubber ducks fell from the sky! They bounced off the barn roof. BOING! BOING! BOING! They landed in the pig pen. The pigs oinked in surprise! They fell on the cows. One cow had three rubber ducks stuck on her head like a silly hat. MOO! Farmer Fred ran outside. "RUBBER DUCKS?" he shouted. "It's raining RUBBER DUCKS?!" A duck landed SPLAT on his hat. SQUEAK! Nimbus rolled around in the sky, laughing and laughing. "This is the BEST day EVER!" But then something made him stop. Down in the garden, he spotted a little sunflower. She was drooping over, her petals all sad and dry. Next to her, the roses were wilting. The grass was turning brown. All the vegetables looked thirsty and sad. "Oh no!" Nimbus gasped. "I got so busy being silly, I forgot to bring REAL rain!" Nimbus didn't waste a second. He raced across the sky as fast as he could! PITTER-PATTER! SPLISH-SPLASH! PITTER-PATTER! He rained and rained and rained! The biggest, most helpful rain ever! The flowers bloomed! The grass turned bright green! The whole garden came back to life! Nimbus felt warm and happy inside, even happier than when he'd been silly! And then—WHOOSH—the most beautiful rainbow appeared across the whole sky! Nimbus smiled his biggest smile. "Wow," he said softly. "Helping others feels AMAZING!" From that day on, Nimbus always remembered to bring his important rain. But he still made rainbows afterwards because you can be helpful AND have fun! The End

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