Soggy socks

It was such a rainy day.  

There was puddles everywhere.

“Lets go for a walk.” Suggested mum.

“But its raining,! Complained Mary.

“The rain, never hurt anyone, and we have jackets with hoods and wellie-boots.  It will be fun, you can splash in the puddles.”

“OK, “ replied Mary with a pretend huff with a smile.

Mum got Joe and herself all bundled up ready for the rain, wellies, jackets, waterproofs and an umbrella (it probably wouldn’t get used but she took it anyway).

Mary put on her bright red wellie boots with her yellow jacket (just like uncle Mikes bright yellow farm jacket so she could be seen and stay dry).

The rain was so heavy it was bouncing off the pavement.

Mum was the first one to jump in a puddle, with a BIG splash.  

Mary and Joe quickly followed suit.

Jumping stamping sloshing, they were having a great time trudging through the woods.  

They had to try and be careful, the leaves were very slippy when they were wet.

They were all having a great time, Joe spotted a frog, mum showed them both the dragonfly taking a rest under a shadowy leaf out of the rain, and Mary found a group of slimy slugs emerging from the shadows to bask in the rain on top of the leaves.

Mum didn’t realize how far they had gone until she spotted the river!

Time to turn back.

“Lets head home, get some yummy  warm food and dry off.” Suggested mum.

Mary and Joe were having so much fun splashing they barely heard mum, but they followed her anyway with stomps, jumps and squelches all the way home.

Mum opened the door and took her wellie boots off in the hall on some newspaper to try and get them to dry off quicker.  

Mary sat down on the stairs to take her wellie boots off.  She pulled and pulled, she didn’t realize she had put them on so well; with the 4^th pull they flew off with a big soggy squelch, revealing a very soggy sock.

“You must have a hole in your boot Mary, or were you splashing in very deep puddles?”

“ERM, maybe both,” replied Mary trying too take off the other boot.

“Yuch” she exclaimed as she freed her other very soggy foot and sock. 

“Blugh!   They are all squelchy.”

“Oh Mary,” exclaimed Mum those were some very wet socks.  “Lets get you all cleaned up and in some nice dry socks.”

In super quick time both Mary and Joe were all dried off and in some cosy dry socks, sitting in the warm kitchen with some of mums yummy soup.

Mary sat wriggling her toes, it felt much better when they were dry, it didn’t feel very nice when they were cold and soggy.  

Home safe, warm and dry, Mary and Joe drew all the creatures they had seen on this very rainy day.

©Joanne Hepburn 01.09.2018