How Colours Came Together In The Sky.
One day after a
heavy rain, Iman
looked across the
sky and saw
colours in it for the
first time.
"How beautiful,"
she thought.
Someone must
have worked very
hard, painting the
sky with a brush
like Daddy paints
houses.
She ran to her
sister and said,
"Zarah look!
Someone has
painted the sky for
us and made it
beautiful."
But Zarah said,
"No, silly. That is a
rainbow. You are
little and I am big. I
know why it is in
the sky. Let me
show you."
Zarah took Iman to
the zoo.
She said,
"Rainbows do not
appear because
lion cubs roar for
the first time or
because elephants
are born."
She took Iman to a
field of flowers and
said, "They do not
appear because
butterflies lose
their colours in the
clouds."
She showed Iman a
book.
She said, "They do
not even appear
because rhinos run
across the ground
and scare colours
up into the sky."
"I know why
rainbows really
appear. Mummy
told me and now I'll
tell you."
Zarah took Iman's
hand and led her
to a playground.
"Rainbows appear
in the sky because
of children like you
and me. One day,
colours looked
down from above
and liked what they
could see."
"They saw children
with light skin, dark
skin and everything
in between. They
thought, 'How
wonderful it must
be to be as
beautiful as
these.'"
"They came
together in the sky
and spoke about
what they could do.
They decided, 'If we
are to be beautiful
we must do it as a
group.'"
"Now they join
together and shine
as brightly as they
can. Hoping to be
as beautiful as the
children they see,
just like you and
me."
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