Read a Book - And Then the Sun Came Out
7/13/2022 | 5m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
"Rise and Shine" Read a Book - And Then the Sun Came Out
It's been such a long time since the sun came out, and when it finally does, the whole neighborhood is filled with joy! That is, until the hot sunshine goes on for days. But they don't grumble for long because soon, the rain comes! Written by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrated by Diane Greenseid.
Rise and Shine is a local public television program presented by Arkansas PBS
Read a Book - And Then the Sun Came Out
7/13/2022 | 5m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
It's been such a long time since the sun came out, and when it finally does, the whole neighborhood is filled with joy! That is, until the hot sunshine goes on for days. But they don't grumble for long because soon, the rain comes! Written by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrated by Diane Greenseid.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(upbeat music) Hi.
My name is Jessica Saum.
And today we are reading And Then the Sun Came Out.
The author is Crescent Dragonwagon and it's illustrated by Diane Greenseid.
And Then the Sun Came Out.
It dried the damp canopies and the rain washed yellow taxis.
A gentle little wind sus wus rus rus rustled down the street, rising and falling and tickling and flapping the scalloped edges of the canopies.
The air smelled dry and fresh.
Here and there, sun glinted brightly, lightly, bouncing off small, sparkly bits of ground-up courts that were in the pavement.
Everything shown.
The whole city was a wide, warm, golden world, but no one minded.
Everyone was happy.
It was sunny at last.
Most people did outside things they'd almost forgotten about during the wet, gray, rainy weather.
Drone Katz put on his sneakers and walked all 57 blocks from 3G to the museum where he visited his favorite dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex.
The sun made Dorothy Arnoff feel like traveling far from 14 B.
Perhaps Peru, she thought happily, I have never been to Peru.
John Griswold locked the door to 5-S and skated three sunny blocks to the gym.
In his dance class, he smiled at a young woman with a little purple braid.
Matthew DeWitt of 11-C went for a walk and whistled.
This little light of mine.
Lila Pagnoli from 9-F past a businesswoman rushing out of the bakery.
The baker shook his head as he wrapped up Lila's bread.
Everyone's in a hurry, he said.
No time to enjoy life.
Well, I enjoy life, said Lila.
The baker smiled at her, flashed one golden tooth, here lady.
Have a macaroon, he said.
A waiter moved tables and chairs out from under the awning to the sidewalk, turning them right side up.
He smiled.
Many people would come out to enjoy the sunny day.
The cafe would be full and busy.
His tips would be good.
And down the street came someone in red sneakers wearing a little pair of overalls.
A shirt covered arm with a small hand reached up high to hold the hand of.
Oh, it was a little boy and his father out walking in the sun.
The streets were full of people.
A man sold falafel from a pushcart.
Pigeons pecked at crumbs.
The father and the little boy looked at the tiny glints in the sidewalk.
They heard the quiet sus wus rus rus, rustling of the gentle little wind as it brushed the sunlit leaves of the trees.
The sun was very bright in their faces, but the father and the little boy were wearing sunglasses.
They went to an outside table at the café and shared a dish of vanilla ice cream.
I like the sun, said the little boy, happily, three days passed past, then four, then five.
The sun kept shining.
It got hotter and hotter and hotter.
People got grouchy.
Jerome Katz in 3-G took a bus to the library.
But the back of his knees stuck to the seat.
Do you think it will ever cool off?
He asked the librarian.
Dorothy Arnoff looked out the window of 14-B at the thermometer.
It was 101 degrees.
Enough is enough, she said to herself.
Too much heat made her tired.
Alaska, she thought.
No doubt it is pleasantly cool in Anchorage just now.
In 5-S, John Griswald played a song called It's Too Darn Hot and closed the curtains.
Too bright.
Too hot.
He complained to himself.
All this sun is fading the upholstery.
In 11-C, Matthew DeWitt said, Lord, are you fixing to send a plague of locusts along with this drought?
He read his Bible while sitting in front of a fan, which ruffled the pages.
Lila Pagnoli in 9-F thought, who could eat in such weather?
She ran a cold bath and sat in it til her fingertips were wrinkled.
The little boy said to his father, I am tired of all this hot sun.
Why won't it stop?
His father, who liked rhyme, said, Rain brings sun and sun brings rain.
Then it turns around again.
The little boy scowled at his father.
I do not want a poem, he said crossly.
I want it to stop being so hot and sunny all the time.
His father picked him up and gave him a hot, sweaty hug.
Well, my own dear, little hot, sunny boy.
I can't say exactly when, said the father, but I promise you, you will get your weather wish soon.
I will?
asked the little boy.
Oh, yes, said his father.
I promise.
(upbeat music)
Rise and Shine is a local public television program presented by Arkansas PBS