Bedtime Story No.3: Rain Clouds vs Mushroom Clouds

Long long time ago, in the bountiful kingdom we know as Vegetania, where all the vegetables lived happily, there came a time when for a long stretch there came rains like never before. It poured and poured and poured and poured. Dark clouds or White clouds, Rain clouds or Smoke clouds, didn't matter. The rains poured day after day, week after week, month after month.

The rivers became full, and the lakes swell. Vegetania became flooded as hell. The vegetables started rotted, became weak and many lost their lives. All the vegetables begged the clouds to go away and stop raining, but they wouldn't listen. This sight of his poor friends suffering at the hands of rain angered the Mushrooms.

Mr. Mushroom Sr. decided to take matters in his own hands. He swelled with anger, bristled with temper and he met the clouds face to face. He gave the clouds one last warning to go away but they simply ignored him. He then took the shape of an umbrella and asked all the vegetables to come under his family. He told them that they could get all the protection and nutrition. After seeing this, the clouds felt ashamed and went away and promised to come only during the rainy season.

Till today, the mushrooms grow and take the shape of an umbrella when the rains come and protect any plants or grass that grow under them.