"On Saturday morning, the rain came down. It made the chickens squawk." But that's only the beginning. Before the sun comes out again, an entire neighborhood is in a crabby uproar. The owner of the beauty parlor squabbles with the barber, who argues with the painter, who has just accidentally bonked the barber in the head with his paint can. Then the baker unintentionally pokes the pizza man in the nose with his umbrella, and they start quarreling. Soon, "the whole block was honking, yelling, bickering, and barking." There's no end in sight... until the rain stops, the sun comes out, the air smells fresh and sweet, and a rainbow appears. Before they know it, the bickerers are helping each other clean up the mess caused by the ruckus, and everyone's smiling again. David Shannon, Caldecott Honor artist of No, David!, brings his own brand of sunshine to readers. His rollicking text and bright, witty caricatures of grumpy neighbors and animals will put a smile on every reader's face, rain or shine. Surprising angles (we see the painter's paint-spattered bottom from below as he descends his ladder) may even make gloomy readers laugh out loud! This book is perfect for brightening a dreary gray day.
持續了幾日悶熱，終于換做瓢潑大雨傾盆而下。
夜晚，一直不曾停止的嘩啦嘩啦的雨聲夾雜著時而滾滾而來的雷聲和劃破夜空的閃電。
在下雨的時候，世界都發生了什么？
星期六的早晨，
下雨了。
世界開始走上了一條奇異的軌道：
雞被嚇得咯咯咯地叫了起來，貓朝著雞吼，狗朝著貓叫，爸爸呵斥了狗，吵醒了小寶寶，警察找上了門，路上堵成了一團，汽車不住地鳴笛，美容院老板和理發師吵了起來……
每個人都變得急躁起來，每件事都變得難以解決，
因為這場突如其來的雨，
打破了小鎮的寧靜，也擾亂了一條再平凡不過的街道。
每個人的表情，都充滿了焦慮、煩躁甚至憤怒。
一位女士正催著出租車司機趕往飛機場，出租車司機皺著眉頭，身體后傾，用右手奮力地按著喇叭。即使是一張圖畫，也能感受到司機正不停地按壓著方向盤的中央，充滿了煩躁。一把撐開的雨傘，也能讓兩個人憤怒地爭吵。這場突如其來的雨，擾亂了大家的生活。大雨下，車輛死死地堵住了狹小的馬路，司機們探出頭憤怒地按著喇叭，觀察著前面的路況。形形色色的人擁擠在道路兩邊，或吵著架，或比劃著據理力爭，老夫人的東西撒了一地，水果攤老板的水果也滾落到四處……一切簡直糟透了！
突然……
天，晴了。
雨，停了。
吵鬧聲停止了，太陽出來了，彩虹跨過了屋頂。
混亂中的人群，忽然露出了笑容。
面包師笑了，披薩師傅也微笑著忙去了，
油漆工、理發師、出租車中得女士，還有孩子們，
都重新開始了這美好的一天。
愿，明天美好。
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