Rain Rain, Go Away!
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. John Updike A lot has been said and written about the beauty of rain, how it instills freshness in us and bestows peace to our stress stricken minds. One of the first rhymes that we learnt in kindergarten was : Rain, rain, go away. Come again some other day. Little Johny wants to play! No many how many times we wanted the rain to go away, the joy of rain was experienced to the fullest only in the yester years. With little palms, tiny legs, small feet, and oversized uniform, we jumped in puddles, dancing in the cool droplets from the sky, much to the annoyance of our parents and teachers. Rain was always welcomed with open arms and embraced like an old friend. The various boats we owned like kings, were flaunted and sailed. The heart was richer, the soul was happier, then! As we grew older, the rain remained our all