It has been raining over the town since this morning. Lila looks out of the window, her nose squashed against the cold glass. “Can we still go out?” she asks. Outside, the raindrops make circles that grow wider on the pavement.
Mum arrives with a parcel under her arm. Inside, there are two brand new bootsTall rubber shoes that keep your feet nice and dry.. Red like apples.
One boot, two bootsTall rubber shoes that keep your feet nice and dry.. A coat done right up. A yellow hat over her ears. And off they go! In front of the door there is a puddleA little pool of water left on the ground after the rain.. A very small one, barely bigger than a plate.
Lila puts one foot in it, very slowly, just to see what will happen. SplashThe water that jumps everywhere when you stamp your foot in it.!
The splashThe water that jumps everywhere when you stamp your foot in it. goes all the way up to her knees. Lila laughs out loud, so loud that a pigeon flies away. So she looks for the next puddleA little pool of water left on the ground after the rain.. The one on the pavement, outside the bakery that smells of warm bread.
Then a bigger one, by the gutter, with a leaf floating on it like a little boat.
Then the biggest of them all, outside the park, the one that is almost a small sea. SplashThe water that jumps everywhere when you stamp your foot in it., splash, splash! The red bootsTall rubber shoes that keep your feet nice and dry. turn into brown boots, and Mum laughs under her umbrella, pretending not to notice.
Back home the bootsTall rubber shoes that keep your feet nice and dry. are washed and they turn red again. A rainy day is not a wasted day: you just need the right boots.
The end, sweet dreams.
