Nimbus: A Short Story

“He's leaving me.” whimpered Nimbus,” Why oh why is he leaving me?” Nimbus was there now all alone wishing he was never formed. “All I can do is hurt others.” He said sulkily. “All I know how to do is make dangerous animals.” “He left me for cumulus .” He cried. All that happiness with the puppies and babies, I can't make that.” But there he was all alone floating below the rest. All the while when he was soaking in his sorrow, stork was planning a surprise for Nimbus.

“That's it!” Exclaimed stork.” That is just what I needed, Nimbus is going to love this.”

“I hope he does like it,” noted cumulus.” We have been working on this surprise all day!”

“ how much longer,” said stork.”I don't want him to wait too much longer.”

“well, not too much longer.”said cumulus,”this is the …show more content…
It was a rainbow made just for nimbus.

Stork mentioned that in that small jar, there was the biggest ever rainbow and once he opened that jar, he would have his own rainbow, forever. Nimbus couldn't wait any longer. He hugged stork and opened the jar. All of a sudden, the biggest rainbow you have ever seen was out above him. And suddenly nimbus cried with joy. But then in that moment of happiness they tears fell like raindrops and he started to rise and become white like all other clouds.

“What is happening!” exclaimed nimbus.”I'm going up!”

He wondered how this could be. He floated up not even with the other clouds but a little bit higher.

“What does this mean!” Shouted nimbus.

“It means you can do what you did before, and now what the others do!”

“Really,” said Nimbus”I can make puppies and babies, and my sharks and alligators I already do?”

When stork answered yes his rainbow started to shine a little bit brighter.

“But what if i still hurt you?”Whimpered