What’s better than an Umbrella? Molly Arsenault

By Katie Sharpton

What's better Than an Umbrella?

By Molly Arsenault, 6th grade

“What’s better than an umbrella,” I heard my sister say to her phone. I then began to wonder, "What is better than an umbrella?"

I thought to myself, what is better than an umbrella?

The rain as it slowly comes down and hits you on the face and your face suddenly shows joy and smiles. The rain as you hear it pour down on your roof, the splashes in the puddles of happiness, the coldness of the water from the cloud, the way the water finds its way down the gutters, the water making its way to the little creek, the soaked clothes and shoes from jumping in and out of puddles, the water that trickles down a mountain creating the majestic waterfall, the smell that immediately comes off the branches of pine trees after the first drop hits the ground, the way your rubber shoes squeak back ‘n forth from walking in the rain, the way the water slides off the red rocks, how you always feel eager to go dance in the rain as the first drop is felt coming down on your face, the dancing in the rain, the urge to go inside away from the cold rain and sip a hot beverage, at the end of the rain when the storm has passed and you keep on looking for the end of the rainbow. "What's better than walking under an umbrella?" I thought. “Well, feeling the rain, of course.”