Tales of Raincliffe Woods: An Unexpected Storm

By Steven Brown and Michael Rubinstein

When Mr Hare’s home is destroyed, the animals of Raincliffe Woods gather to help him find a new home. But the sly Mr Fox is on hand to tempt Mr Hare over to the dark and dangerous Forge Valley. As Mr Hare vanishes, it is up to Mr Hedgehog, Miss Dormouse and Red, the Squirrel, to rescue Mr Hare. On their journey into the terrifying Forge Valley, they encounter predators looking for their next meal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Dec 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781665597159

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TALES OF

RAINCLIFFE

WOODS

AN UNEXPECTED STORM

STEVEN BROWN

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ISBN: 978-1-6655-9716-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6655-9715-9 (e)

Published by AuthorHouse 12/29/2022

CONTENTS

An Unexpected Storm

Mr Hare’s Home

Cunning Mr Fox

The Council

The Other Side

Old Mr Hare

Spring Awakening

AN UNEXPECTED STORM

It all began with a drop of rain. A cold, wet, unexpected drop of rain. Drip. Drop. Drip. Drop. More and more droplets of rain fell from the blue sky.

Drip, drop, drip, drop, drip, drop. Just as unexpected as the first drop was, the rain continued and continued.

Mrs Mallard quacked and squawked as she sheltered her chicks under her brown wings before running for cover under a fallen tree.

CRASH! Thunder echoed around the forest. The rain got heavier and faster and faster and faster until every inch of Raincliffe Woods was sodden and soaked.

The mere seemed to be the only thing enjoying the heavy, unexpected downpour of rain. The spring had been dry and was long overdue a rainstorm.

CRASH

! The thunder grew louder.

Squirrel had darted back into her little hole in the oak tree she called home.

Mr Magpie struggled in the gushing wind before landing on a thick tree branch that was somewhat sheltered from the storm.

The majestic Stag shivered in the cold wind.

The lightning illuminated the forest. Cunning Fox cried out in his little den. He was scared of the rain and the lightning.

The flash of light beamed all around. Mrs Mallard was now with her husband, and the two sheltered their chicks from the storm. CRASH!

Just as the storm arrived, it was gone. The world was back to the way it was.

The storm was nothing more than an April shower, a "heavy April shower", Mrs Mallard was heard quacking as she waddled back to the mere with her chicks.

Squirrel wiped her wet, red, pointy ears and crept back out of