The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-19
And the sun Smiled.

$50 AWAY, for little wAle," said the
rain to the sun. Don't yen see 1 am
preparing to visit the earth? And, as you
ought to know, the sun shouldn't be shin
ing when the rain-drops are falling"
!" It's such lovely-such cery lovely
day." said the sun, and the earth is so
beautiful and pleasant to see, that don't
want to go away"
~ sha'n't stay loEg-not more than five
or ten minutes,'' said the rain. "I'll only
make a shower-call."
"But I'm not content to lose sight Of all
this joy and loveliness even for five or
ten minutes,'" said the sun. Ever so
many new buds and flowers came out to
greet me this morning, and ever SO many
baby birds sang to me their first twitter-
ing, tremulous songs, and the brooks dim
pied and laughed as my rays kissed them,
and the daisies looked straight up at me
with frank, fearless faces, saying, Wei
come, dear sun!'-and the buttercups
proudly showed me their pretty blossoms,
that / might see it was my color they
Wore; and they are all, at this moment, as
happy as happy can be. Why can't you
leave them alone? According to my way
of thinking, they have no need of you in
the day time, when I am here TO make
life bright and warm. Wait until night
lifts her curtain from the other half of the
world to throw it over this. Then shall be
shining on far-distant lands, and the moon
and stars will be in the sky in my place,
and dare say they won't object to your
clouds yelling their faces for an hour or
two, for their light and power are nothing
compared to mine, and the earth will be
90 sleepy to miss them anyhow"
"My dear sum-" said the rain, 81 grant
that you make life warm, but, begging
your pardon for speaking so frankly,
sometimes you make it too warm. Even
while we are talking, it is getting warmer
and warmer, as it does every midsummer
day, from noon until two or three hours
before night fall; and soon the flowers
you love so well will begin to droop and
fade, and the grass to bend weal lily toward
the ground, and the birds to cease sing
ing, and the brooks to stop dancing, un
less / send my merry, sparkling little ones
to cheer and refresh them. Hide behind
a cloud for few moments, and when YOU
come forth again you will find the earth
free from thirst, dust and stain, and a
thousand times ereener and more beauti-
full than now, before my pure drops have
fallen upon it,
But the sun was obstinate that July day,
and refused to be hidden by the friendly
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on the earth as the glittering drops reached
it, he saw the sweet buds opening their
dainty leaves, the flowers raising their
languid heads, every blade of grass stand
ing erect and firm, the little streams dane
ing gayly to cooling song of their own,
and everything, everywhere, wearing a
look of radiant happiness.
And he said to the rain, You were
right" and, smiling upon her. his smile
arched the heavens, and, bright with every
lovely hue that ever glowed in gem or
flower, shone there until the shower
ceased, and children, beholding it, cried
out, joyfully, "a rainbow! beautiful,
beautiful rainbow p'-4Kargdret Eytinge,
st. Nicholas for July.