One Night
By CEDRIC MACPHERSON (14), Whangarei. r rHE night was calm, tranquil, alluring as it was in the dull glow of the round moon. The stars gave off a melancholy glow, while a gentle breeze kissed the trees rustling their green foliage and seemingly lulling them to sleep. Mellow and large was the dreamy moon, when a dark, menacing cloud, impertinent little thing, rolled cumberousl.v in front of it. It grew larger, blacker and blotted out the moon. Jhe breeze changed from a gentle zephjr to fierce gusts of tearing wind, waking up the sleepy trees. Crash! the rattle of thunder, the flash of lightning, the hiss of deluges
of water. This all blended into a unanimous crescendo of noise. The trees swished and whistled with the deluge. The earth shook with the anger of the thunder-gods and the air was electric with Nature's own fire. The moon shone from behind the passing clouds. The wind lulled, the stars of heaven twinkled once more. The trees sighed themselves to sleep and all was calm and peaceful again. It was only Nature's whim.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23037, 14 May 1938, Page 8 (Supplement)
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