BELLA'S UMBRELLA

  BELLA’S UMBRELLA

     Bella Bear had a new umbrella.

“Just see my new umbrella!” Bella kept saying.  “I can hardly wait for a rainy day, so that I can used it!”

     She looked up at the sky, watching out for any sign of rain, just one, little black cloud!  But the sky was a clear blue, without  a cloud to be seen.  She waited for the first shower of raindrops.  But the sun shone high in the sky.

     But Bella wanted to show off her new umbrella!

“I will go to the park!” she said at last.  “The ducks will be splashing about in the pond.  I can pretend to get wet and put up my umbrella!”

     It seem hotter than ever in the park! Even the ducks were hiding among the water weeds.

“No sign of rain!” said Bella with a sigh.  “And I did want to put up my pretty new umbrella!”

     She walked on, getting hotter and hotter.  Then – splash!  Water splashed on her head.  Then again. Splash! Was it raining?

     Bella put up her pretty new umbrella.  Then she looked around.  It was a splash from the water fountain!  She felt very silly.

“Bella!” cried Pretty Bear.  “What a pretty parasol!  A parasol to shade you from the sun!”

“A – a parasol?” said Bella.  She looked up at her umbrella.

“Yes!” said Pretty.  “I must get one!”

“So, when it is fine, my umbrella is a parasol,” said Bella.  “And when it rains, my parasol is an umbrella!”

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Now I Can Read, 15 Goodnight Stories by Maureen Spurgeon, 2005 Brown Watson, England.