Why Rainbows Smile Back — Under the soft pat-pat rain, Della tapped one leaf, then the other. Read the full story →
Under the soft pat-pat rain, Della tapped one leaf, then the other. She had invented a game called Drop, Hop, Smile: catch a raindrop, pass a giggle to the grass, and save one bright laugh for the sky. But the low clouds only rumbled, gray and sleepy.
“My joy is too big for my stem,” Della whispered. She shook her petals. Up flew a warm yellow laugh, a leafy green cheer, and a rosy little whoop. The clouds caught them, curved them, and stretched them across the rainy hills. Ever since, when flowers share more happiness than they can hold, rainbows bend down and smile back—can you find Della’s biggest smile under the colors?
