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g．Blackcloudsloomedoverthedista
thorizo
地平线sosudde
lythatweweretake
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the
，wewere
otreallyworried，asthecloudsseemedtobemovi
goverourhousea
dtowardsthedista
tmoou
tai
s．The
，justasthecloudshadmovedi
la
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di
afullcirclea
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gamajorstorm．I
sta
tly，wewerebusilypreapari
gfortheworst．Thewholefamilyhadexperie
cedsuchastormbeforea
develyo
erememberedthedamageithadcausedtostocka
dcrops．TherewasverylittlewecoulddoabouttbecorpsButwe
eedcdtoprotectthea
imalsi
casetheriverfloodedagai
．Myolderbrothercalledhissheepdoga
dbega
drivi
goursmallflockofsheeptohighergrou
daboveriver．Iftheriverflooded，theyshouldbesafethere．I
themea
time，myfatherwasme
di
gashedroofthathadpartlyfalle
dow
afterma
yyearsoffi
eservice．Iftheti
flewoff，itcoulddamagethehouse．Myyou
gerbrotherbega
hurriedlycarryi
gfirewoodu
dertheshelter．MyjobwastohelpMumboardupthewi
dows．Ifthestormdevelopdei
toacyclo
e旋风，theboaldswouldprotecttheglassThcstormragedforfourhours，pouri
gmorerai
o
ustha
wehadsee
i
thelastfiveyears．Asexpectcdtheriverborkeitsba
ksa
dcameslowlyuptowardsthehousea
dthestock．The
，j
staswewerebegi
i
gtolosehope，thestormstoppedassudde
lyasithadbegu
．Thea
imalsweresafe，a
dtheroofwasstill
ailedo
．—All，sweUthate
dswell