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After the Storm

The pet goat was the first to wake up the morning after the great

Storm and his tapping hoofs on the wooden floor woke up the

Brothers. And just as well. For the sun was already high in the sky.

Oh what a glorious sight met their eyes!

Hardly a ripple to disturb the long sandy shoreline now,

And the plovers and sandpipers, strutting in little tight groups

Or marching in long lines, settled in once again

To their foraging and wading in the lazy, lapping, waves.

Jim and John. I have forgotten to mention

The brother's names, dear readers. Now it is to be said

That Jim is the younger and John the older;

John being named after his father and

Jim being named after his father's brother.

So now we will talk about Jim and John in my next story.