The Creation of Rain

   Long ago there was a woman named Rain. Rain was the mother to a young boy named Cloud. Rain and Cloud lived together in a small hogan all by themselves, with no one else around for miles.
  

   There was a drought in the area that Rain and Cloud lived in, so food was hard to find. Rain and Cloud were starving, living off rationed water and withered crops. Both mother and child grew weaker and weaker as the days went by. But Rain, always a good mother, gave her son most of the food, trying desperately to keep him alive.

 

   Unfortunately, Rain's attempts to keep Cloud alive didn't work, he passed away leaving his mother heartbroken. However, Cloud was not gone completely, his spirit went up to the sky, hovering over his hogan and watching his lonely mother. Oh, how Cloud wished he could once again join his mother in their cozy hogan!

   About a week later Rain joined her son in the sky and together they watered the earth so that other familys would not have to endure the same thing that they had. Even now, Rain and her son Cloud watch over us and give us water when we need it.

   That is how the rain was created.



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I thank all of the following for for my research and photos.

Photos (Flickr)   

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4309795734/ 
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4309059923/ 
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4269089688/ 
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178340155/ 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4268344319/ 

   

 

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