Early one spring saturday, it began to rain so hard that i thought the sky would fall down.it rained all that day and night.there was a lot of water on the roads. i thought it was great.i jumpes up to down."i hope it rains forever, " i shouted to mum."i hope i wont have to go to school on monday and have a math test." mum looked furious."what a foolish thing to say.rain can be a disaster, she said. mum turned on the radio to listen to the daily weather forecast.at 10 oclock our local weathermen spoke about weather and barometer changes.their report couldnt make mum calm.they promised a rainstorm.but i was happy. after breakfast on sunday i put on my raincoat and boots and went to the river.the wind and rain tore at my clothes and hurt my face. i had never seen anything so wonderful.instead of our quiet narrow river there was a roaring yellow lion running away down the valley.thought it was nearly afternoon it was misty and you could hardly see because of the rain. on my way back from the river. saw dad and our dog.dod, driving the cows up to the house.come on, dad shouted me.see if you can help the young ones. i ran over to dad.i came up to my pet cow isobel and her new calf .isobel looked at me.she mooed sadly.i felt important helping dad.we are going to have a disaster, i whispeered to myself. there ll be no math test tomorrow because of the disaster. after tea it rained harder that ever.he wind howled around the house, and in the disaster we could hear the road of the river.don howled so loudly at the kitchen door that we had to let him inside.i went to bad early and hid myself under the blankets god, lets have a real rainstorm, i prayed. in the morning i woke up and looked throught the window.it was still raining, nd there was yellow water down in the valley.ur farm had changed into another world.i understood-no school today! i jumped into my clothes and rain out to the dining room.mum! dad! i shouted.ome and look at all the water! then i stopped. the dining room was full of animals and birds, some of pigs were by the fireplace.there were a lot of chickens on the sofa.mum came into the room with some turkeys.there were a lot of chickens on the sofa.mum came into the room with some turkeys. there are still some left in the basket outside she called to me. she looked as if she hadnt been to bed.get them in for me will you? my mother said. dad came from behind the house.he was half pulling and half carrying a wet sheep. he pulled it to the veranda and tied it to the door.i ran outside.our house was sitting on an island.i could see the water dancing around the legs of isobels new calf.then i heard a sad moo and the calf was gone. the hungry yellow river had swallowed it. i could hear isobels morning then she was swallowed by the hungry river too.the yellow river was a hungry lion.it had swallowed many cows and calves and now it was going to swallow us all. mum came back from outside.she smiled at me but i could see she eas frightened.we went inside and mum made hot drinks.it took her a long time because everything was so wet. mum put an arm around dad and me.drink up she said. it may not be as bad as it looks.the water will go down soon and we mightbe able to save of the cows. but the water didnt go down.within an hour the hungry yellow lion was starting to come into the house.and because we couldnt do anything else we got onto the table with some blankets and sat there trembling watching the yellow water.dad gave me a hug.we re certainly having an adventure he said.its a disaster isnt it dad? i asked.he nodded.suddenly he help up his hand.hush! he said.listen its ted jackson in his motorboat he cried.he opened the window and waved.i had never been so glad to see old ted jackson in my life. закрыт 3 года назад продолжение nobody talked much.we got into the boat and made our way through the yellow water to teds house on high ground at the other side of the valley. the next day the water went down we went back to the farm.we saved most of the birds and animals from the house but all the cows were gone.dad had to borrow money from the bank and we were hard a long time.as for me i couldnt belive that i wasthe same girl who had asked god for a rainstorm and desaster.