The Cloud Painter
by Namu Marupudi
THE CLOUD PAINTER Mira loved lying on her back in the grass, watching the clouds drift by.
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Mira loves lying in the grass watching clouds — rabbits, dragons, castles — and wishing she could fix the plain gray lumps. Then one evening, beneath the old oak tree, she finds a wooden box tied with a silver ribbon: three paintbrushes (gold, silver, starlight-colored) and a note in curling letters: 'Paint gently. Paint kindly. What you make, the wind will keep.' With a sweep of the gold brush, a gray cloud curls into a fluffy-maned lion, and soon the whole town gathers in the park each evening to watch cloud-fish, cloud-dragons, and a parade of cloud-elephants. But when a boy named Oscar asks to try and paints a jagged, spiky creature that frightens the crowd, Mira shows him what the note really meant. A sky-full story about creativity, kindness, and sharing the magic.
- Drift — to float along slowly, like clouds
- Curiosity — wanting to know and find out
- Sweep — one smooth stroke of a brush
- Crane — to stretch your neck to see something better
- Spiky — covered in sharp, pointy edges
- Kindly — with care for other people's feelings
- Embarrassment — the red-faced feeling when everyone is watching your mistake
- Precious — too special to waste, like a treasure
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