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	ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A YOUNG RAT NAMED ARTHUR WHO COULDN'T MAKE UP HIS MIND
	WHENEVER THE OTHER RATS ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT HUNTING WITH THEM HE WOULD ANSWER IN A SOFT VOICE I DON'T KNOW.
	AND WHEN THEY SAID WOULD YOU RATHER STAY INSIDE HE WOULDN'T SAY YES OR NO EITHER.
	HE'D ALWAYS AVOID MAKING A CHOICE
	ONE FINE DAY HIS AUNT ZELDA APPEALED TO HIM NOW LOOK HERE
	NO ONE IS GOING TO CARE ABOUT YOU IF YOU CARRY ON LIKE THIS
	YOU HAVE NO MORE MIND OF YOUR OWN THAN A GREASY OLD BLADE OF GRASS
	ARTHUR COUGHED AND LOOKED WISE AS USUAL BUT SAID NOTHING
	DON'T YOU THINK SO SAID ZELDA STAMPING HER FOOT FOR SHE COULDN'T BEAR TO SEE THE POOR LITTLE RAT SO COLDBLOODED
	I DON'T KNOW WAS ALL HE EVER ANSWERED
	AND THEN HE'D WALK OFF TO THINK FOR AN HOUR OR MORE
	ABOUT WHETHER HE WOULD STAY IN HIS HOLE IN THE GROUND OR GO UP INTO THE LOFT
	ONE NIGHT THE RATS HEARD A LOUD NOISE
	THEY LIVED IN A VERY DARK AND DREARY OLD PLACE
	THE ROOF LET THE RAIN COME WASHING IN
	MAKING SHALLOW POOLS ON THE MUDDY FLOOR.
	THE BEAMS AND RAFTERS WERE ALL ROTTEN THROUGH
	SO EVENTUALLY THE WHOLE STRUCTURE WAS QUITE UNSAFE
	AT LAST ONE OF THE JOISTS GAVE WAY AND THE BEAMS FELL DOWN.
	THE WALLS SHOOK AND THE CEILING COLLAPSED WITH A LOUD BANG
	THE RATS SHRIEKED AND THEIR FUR STOOD ON END WITH FEAR AND HORROR
	THIS WON'T DO SAID THEIR LEADER WITH A SCOWL
	WE CAN'T STAY COOPED UP HERE ANY LONGER.
	SO HE SENT OUT SCOUTS TO SEARCH FOR A NEW HOME
	A LITTLE LATER ON IN THE EVENING THEY CAME BACK
	HAVING FOUND AN OLD-FASHIONED BARN NEAR A STONE HOUSE WHERE THERE WOULD BE ROOM
	BOARD AND FOOD FOR ALL OF THEM.
	THERE THEY SAW A KINDLY MARE NAMED ALBERTA
	A COW AND SOME BIRDS IN THE GARDEN WITH AN ELM TREE IN THE MIDDLE.
	THE LEADER GAVE THE ORDER AT ONCE COMPANY FALL IN.
	THE RATS CRAWLED OUT OF THEIR HOLES RIGHT AWAY AND THE SAD MOB STOOD ON THE FLOOR IN A LONG LINE
	JUST THEN THE OLD RAT CAUGHT SIGHT OF YOUNG ARTHUR
	HE WASN'T IN THE LINE AND HE WASN'T EXACTLY OUTSIDE IT
	HE STOOD JUST NEARBY EARS PRICKED.
	COME ON GET IN LINE GROWLED THE OLD RODENT UNAMUSED.
	YOU ARE COMING TOO AREN’T YOU
	I DON'T KNOW SAID ARTHUR CALMLY.
	WHY THE IDEA OF IT YOU DON'T THINK IT'S SAFE HERE ANYMORE DO YOU
	I'M NOT CERTAIN SAID ARTHUR UNDAUNTED.
	THE ROOF MAY NOT FALL DOWN YET.
	WELL SAID THE OLD RAT YOU WOULD BE STUPID NOT TO JOIN US.
	THEN HE TURNED TO THE ASSEMBLED GROUP AND SHOUTED
	RIGHT ABOUT FACE MARCH
	AND THE LONG LINE MARCHED OUT OF THE BARN WHILE THE YOUNG RAT WATCHED THEM
	I THINK I'LL GO TOMORROW HE SAID TO HIMSELF
	BUT THEN AGAIN PERHAPS I WON'T
	IT'S SO NICE AND SNUG HERE.
	I GUESS I'LL GO BACK TO MY HOLE UNDER THE LOG FOR A WHILE BEFORE I MAKE UP MY MIND
	BUT DURING THE NIGHT THERE WAS A BIG CRASH.
	DOWN CAME BEAMS RAFTERS JOISTS — THE WHOLE BUSINESS IN A PILE OF RUBBLE
	NEXT MORNING THERE WAS A FOGGY DEW.
	SOME BOYS AND GIRLS RAN TO THE BARN AND A MAN IN BOOTS CAME TO VIEW THE DAMAGE.
	IT SEEMED ODD THAT THE OLD BUILDING WAS NOT HAUNTED BY RATS.
	BUT AT LAST ONE OF THE CHILDREN HAPPENED TO NUDGE A BOARD AND HE SAW A PUNY RAT
	QUITE DEAD TAIL HALF IN AND HALF OUT OF HIS HOLE.
	THUS THE COWARD GOT HIS DUE AND THERE WAS NO MOURNING FOR HIM
	ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A GIRL CALLED CINDERELLA
	BUT EVERYONE CALLED HER CINDERS
	CINDERS LIVED WITH HER MOTHER AND TWO STEPSISTERS CALLED LILY AND ROSA.
	LILY AND ROSA WERE VERY UNFRIENDLY AND THEY WERE LAZY GIRLS.
	THEY SPENT ALL THEIR TIME BUYING NEW CLOTHES AND GOING TO PARTIES
	POOR CINDERS HAD TO WEAR ALL THEIR OLD HAND-ME-DOWNS
	AND SHE HAD TO DO THE CLEANING
	ONE DAY A ROYAL MESSENGER CAME TO ANNOUNCE A BALL
	THE BALL WOULD BE HELD AT THE ROYAL PALACE IN HONOUR OF THE QUEENS ONLY SON PRINCE WILLIAm
	LILY AND ROSA THOUGHT THIS WAS DIVINE
	PRINCE WILLIAM WAS GORGEOUS AND HE WAS LOOKING FOR A BRIDE
	THEY DREAMED OF WEDDING BELLS
	WHEN THE EVENING OF THE BALL ARRIVED CINDERS HAD TO HELP HER SISTERS GET READY
	THEY WERE IN A BAD MOOD
	THEY'D WANTED TO BUY SOME NEW GOWNS BUT THEIR MOTHER SAID THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH GOWNS
	SO THEY STARTED SHOUTING AT CINDERS
	'FIND MY JEWELS' YELLED ONE
	'FIND MY HAT' HOWLED THE OTHER
	THEY WANTED HAIRBRUSHES HAIRPINS AND HAIR SPRAY
	WHEN THE SUNLIGHT STRIKES RAINDROPS IN THE AIR THEY ACT AS A PRISM AND FORM A RAINbow
	THE RAINBOW IS A DIVISION OF WHITE LIGHT INTO MANY BEAUTIFUL COLORS
	THESE TAKE THE SHAPE OF A LONG ROUND ARCH WITH ITS PATH HIGH ABOVE AND ITS TWO ENds apparently beyond the horizon
	THERE IS ACCORDING TO LEGEND A BOILING POT OF GOLD AT ONE END
	PEOPLE LOOK BUT NO ONE EVER FINDS IT
	WHEN A MAN LOOKS FOR SOMETHING BEYOND HIS REACH HIS FRIENDS SAY HE IS LOOKING FOR the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
	THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES PEOPLE HAVE EXPLAINED THE RAINBOW IN VARIOUS WAYS
	SOME HAVE ACCEPTED IT AS A MIRACLE WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXPLANATION
	TO THE HEBREWS IT WAS A TOKEN THAT THERE WOULD BE NO MORE UNIVERSAL FLOODS
	THE GREEKS USED TO IMAGINE THAT IT WAS A SIGN FROM THE GODS TO FORETELL WAR OR HEAVy rain
	THE NORSEMEN CONSIDERED THE RAINBOW AS A BRIDGE OVER WHICH THE GODS PASSED FROM EARth to their home in the sky
	OTHERS HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENON PHYSICALLY
	ARISTOTLE THOUGHT THAT THE RAINBOW WAS CAUSED BY REFLECTION OF THE SUN'S RAYS BY THe rain
	SINCE THEN PHYSICISTS HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS NOT REFLECTION
	BUT REFRACTION BY THE RAINDROPS WHICH CAUSES THE RAINBOWS
	MANY COMPLICATED IDEAS ABOUT THE RAINBOW HAVE BEEN FORMED
	THE DIFFERENCE IN THE RAINBOW DEPENDS CONSIDERABLY UPON THE SIZE OF THE DROPS
	AND THE WIDTH OF THE COLORED BAND INCREASES AS THE SIZE OF THE DROPS INCREASES
	THE ACTUAL PRIMARY RAINBOW OBSERVED
	IS SAID TO BE THE EFFECT OF SUPER-IMPOSITION OF A NUMBER OF BOWS.
	IF THE RED OF THE SECOND BOW FALLS UPON THE GREEN OF THE FIRST
	THE RESULT IS TO GIVE A BOW WITH AN ABNORMALLY WIDE YELLOW BAND
	SINCE RED AND GREEN LIGHT WHEN MIXED FORM YELLOW
	THIS IS A VERY COMMON TYPE OF BOW
	ONE SHOWING MAINLY RED AND YELLOW