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Mr. Cloud Man by Sean Ryan
Bethie saw the cloud wave at her! It was a cloud of a big fat man, and he turned his cloud head and saw her, and waved at her! Bethie waved back. She liked Mr. Cloud Man. He was fluffy and funny. And big! He was bigger than her entire house! He was the only cloud in the sky, and he slowly stretched his arms out and went across the whole sky. He didn't have legs, but the genie in Aladdin didn't have legs, so that was OK. The cloud man saw an airplane in the sky and waved to it. Bethie waved, too. Hello, Mr. Plane! Mr. Cloud Man looked at Bethie, and he had eyes that were gray clouds all around white clouds, and then the gray clouds got darker, and Mr. Cloud Man turned back to Mr. Plane, and reached out a big white hand, and grabbed Mr. Plane. Bethie thought Mr. Plane would fly through Mr. Cloud Man, but he didn't. He fell out of Mr. Cloud Man's hand in a bunch of pieces. Mr. Cloud Man looked at Bethie again, and his gray cloud eyes got grayer. Bethie didn't like Mr. Cloud Man any more. He was mean.

Copyright © 2006 Sean Ryan