That's a classic short by Ray Bradbury, if I'm not
mistaken.
Forgot the title, but I think it's something like "the day
the rain comes"...
Hope this helps
E.Borgers HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
George C. Upper III :
>Sorry for the off-topic post, but I'll keep it short,
and I know the
>rara-avians know all kinds of things. A friend who
teaches adult
>literacy has asked me to identify a short story for
her. She read it
>long ago and remembers little about it. She
classified it as science
>fiction, and says it's about a planet where it
practically never
>rains. A girl gets excited because it's about to
rain, but is
>tormented by others for her excitement, eventually
ending up locked in
>a closet (or something) and missing the whole
thing.
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>Ring any bells for anyone?
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>And speaking of hard-boiled sci-fi (which I really
wasn't, I know, but
>work with me here), I recently picked up the two Sam
Space novels by
>Nolan. Anyone ever read these? Are they worth my
time?
>
>Thanks!
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