original stories · Ages 3-5

The Boot That Filled With Rain

A boot left outside becomes a pond, then a bathtub for a sparrow, before its owner finds it.

The whole story

1. At breakfast time, Mina left one boot outside.

2. Then rain tapped softly on the garden.

3. The boot caught drops, drops, and more drops.

4. By noon, the boot held a little pond.

5. A sparrow found the pond before Mina did.

6. The sparrow dipped its wings into the water.

7. The boot became a bathtub for the sparrow.

8. At sunset, Mina came looking for her boot.

9. Mina found a pond, a bathtub, and her boot.

10. Mina carried home the boot and its rain.

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