1. The Day Water
Saved Earth
“Today we are learning about why rain
is good!” said the teacher…..
One day, in the land of dinosaurs
where there are many mountains, yet
another earthquake was sent out from
the mountain in the centre. At least, it
looked like the other mountains, but
there was a large hole in the middle of
it.
There were also many trees around it,
and the ground below was mostly
sand. Every day the mountain would
shake and the ground would crack a
little more.
There were lots and lots of dinosaurs
around, on one side a T Rex, on
another a triceratops or two, and
above, there were a million
pterodactyls flying overhead, away
from the shaking. They could see from
above when the great hole opened up
and swallowed the creatures who
could not run away in time.
That morning, everything had been
normal. There had been only one
earthquake. But then another came.
And then another. And another.
Once the ground settled, tonnes of
reddish-orange liquid oozed down the
face of the mountain, and hundreds of
rocks flew through the air from the
deep grey clouds of ash. Sometime
later, the rocks were still flying as the
volcano threw them out of its massive
mouth. Thousands of creatures were
lost as casualties of the volcano, and
any trees which remained were on fire.
It was so hot nothing could breathe.
Then, all of a sudden….water began to
fall from the sky. All of the fires were
put out and the volcano eventually
returned to being a mountain. The
world had been in distress, but
suddenly it had stopped. Everything
was silent and the sun came out once
more.
And it brought with it the most
wonderful rainbow.
“And that is why it rains so much in
Scotland,” concluded the teacher.
“Any questions?”
“Yes! I do!” said Sally. “So why does
it rain so much? I don’t quite
understand.”
“Ah,” said the teacher, “it rains so
much as a precaution. In case any
other volcanoes decided to erupt…!”
Jasmine, S3
