Tattie's River Journey

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A young woman named Tattie lived alone by the river, and she was as beautiful as the star-flung night. She kept a garden and a cow and some chickens, and an old cat for company. She was seldom lonely except when the moon was full.

Tattie loved all kinds of weather, sunny and foggy, and most of all she loved rain. She liked to watch rain gush down the hills to her valley and flow into the river. But one day it rained too hard. The river flooded her garden and spoiled her vegetables, and that made Tattie cross.

It flooded her barn, and that made her crosser. She led the cow and the chickens into the house, where they would be dry and safe. The cat dashed in, too, and snuggled beside the stove.

Higher and higher the water came until it lapped at the wide front porch. The cow and the chickens stared at it in surprise, and the cat with curiosity.

The rain came wilder and the river rose higher. Wind shook Tattie’s house, and the waves made it tremble and rock. The water rose higher and higher. Then it picked up Tattie’s house and floated it away.

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