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It’s raining! It’s raining!

My Mama said it was raining cats and dogs outside!

And I believed her.

So I went to the window to wait and see all the cats and dogs 

fly by in a rain parade! 

But I didn’t see any. Not even one.

Or did I?

Instead, I saw big, fat rain drops playing noisily as they 

cruised down my window. The rain made loud sloshing and 

splashing sounds and the wind blew as if in chorus. I listened 

hard because I could hear a steady rhythm of rain music.

I heard a loud pitat-tat-tat and high moaning as if the wind and 

the rain were playing a Fall song together in their rain orchestra. 

Each beat sounded loudly, creating a melodious rain jive as it beat 

down on our roof.

Then the rhythm started to slow, as the wind died down, and the 

rain became a trickle.

I think there is truly a rhythm to the rain.

When the raindrops fall, it almost sounds just like dance music and 

I so, sooo want to dance in the rain.

Our black terrier, Alonzo, was dancing too. He raced round and 

round in circles and barked and barked as Mama put on her brown 

hat and white raincoat.

She was ready to take Alonzo out for his walk.

“Mama, can I come with you when you take Alonzo for his walk?”  

I asked wiggling, just like Alonzo was doing now, since we both 

were excited to go on this walk.

“Lily... you’d say, may I come with you…?” Mama corrected 

bending down to look me in the face and watching my face as it 

changed into a smile.

First I sat down on my bed, and pulled on my black boots. Then 

I put on my blue hat and my yellow raincoat and took my blue 

stripped umbrella, which was exactly like Mama's umbrella, from 

where it stood, leaning against my desk, and I then I was ready.

Mama attached Alonzo’s leish to his collar and we left our house 

and were off for our walk in the rain.

It was still raining, but not as hard as it was raining a few minutes 

ago.

Mama and I opened our umbrellas and walked slowly down the 

street, Alonzo in tow, toward the park, just two roads away from 

our house.

When we reached the park, it had stopped raining.

Mama and I closed our umbrellas and walked Alonzo onto the 

grass.

I ran out ahead of them, because I could see the caboose and the 

turtle rides, just straight ahead of us and I wanted to get to them 

as fast as I could.

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