Her grandmother chuckled, her hands working the buckles. “Not an animal, little star. It’s more like… a mood of the ocean.”
Maya first heard it from her grandmother, who was hanging a special, heavy plastic cover over the window. “Granny,” Maya asked, tugging at her skirt. “Is the hurricane season a big animal that lives in the sea?”
In the morning, the sun rose clear and golden. A few branches lay in the street, and the air smelled clean and washed. The giant had growled, but it had passed.
Her grandmother chuckled, her hands working the buckles. “Not an animal, little star. It’s more like… a mood of the ocean.”
Maya first heard it from her grandmother, who was hanging a special, heavy plastic cover over the window. “Granny,” Maya asked, tugging at her skirt. “Is the hurricane season a big animal that lives in the sea?”
In the morning, the sun rose clear and golden. A few branches lay in the street, and the air smelled clean and washed. The giant had growled, but it had passed.