UNDER THE PADDLING POOL
The finest thing of all is to be safe from the rain beneath an upturned paddling pool. Theirs had leant against the shed since the end of summer and when the rains came down they said,“Quick, let’s get under!”
The three of them huddled close, cold and warm, and listened to the drumming of the rain on the top-turned bottom. This, they agreed, was the most wonderful of all known sounds. If Mother
