by Louise Lee

Created on: May 18, 2009

Rainbow

It was a rainy day. The sky was gloomy. The wind was strong. Sally was at home with her grandpa.

Sally's brother, Samuel, was just born. It would be his first day at home.

"Sally, your little brother is coming home today. Do you want to see his new room?" Grandpa says, "Come!"

Grandpa brought Sally into a room. It was painted blue and pink. In the middle of the room was a small wooden bed.

"This is beautiful! It is a lovely place! Wow! I love all theses animals." Sally was overjoyed.

"Look at those toys!" She couldn't help but touching the soft toys that was on the floor.

"One, two... one... two... grandpa, why are there two bears, two lions, two sheep and two giraffes in this room? " Sally was curious about what she saw.

"Did you know about Noah?" Grandpa looked at Sally and asked.

"Noah? Who is Noah?" Sally was curious, " Is he someone on the TV?"

"No! He was the man who used a big boat to save people. He is someone in the Bible" Now, Grandpa stooped down and sat with Sally on the floor.

"Tell me more about him. I want to know!" Sally loved to listen to Grandpa's story.

"Long time ago, men did a lot of bad things. They did not obey God." Grandpa started his story.

"What did they do?" Sally asked.

"They lied. They hurt each other. They stole other people's things. They did a lot other things that God hates." Grandpa said.

Grandpa continued, "God did not want them to continue to do bad things, so He asked Noah to warn the people to change."

Grandpa pointed to the sky outside the window. "God told Noah a heavy rain would fall from the sky. The whole world would then be covered with water."

"Then what would happen?" Sally asked.

"Not a single living thing would live!" Grandpa said.

"How about those who know how to swim?" Sally asked.

"No one could live. Even those who could fly could not escape from it." Grandpa said,

"Because the rain was very heavy!"

"Wow! There must be a lot of water." Sally dropped her mouth open and said.

"More than the waters in the oceans add together." Grandpa explained with his arm open wide.

"How sad!" Sally exclaimed.

"That was how God punished men! God was angry with what they did!" Grandpa said.

"Really? I'm so afraid of God." Sally said.

"Why?" Dad asked.

"I did bad things that God hates... I told lies many times... and I stole my classmates pencils..." Sally was in tears.

"Oh sweetie, God did not like us to do bad things, but He is always forgiving. He does not keep His anger forever.

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