Harry, the Wind Is Blowing

by Helena Clare Pittman

HARRY WAS AFRAID of the wind. It whistled under his door. It made the iron fence hum eerie music. The wind followed Harry home from the school bus. It blew off his hat. At night it made the trees creak in the woods near his house. It made sheets drying on the line sound like thunder. “How can anyone be afraid of the wind?” asked Harry’s friend Emma. Harry shrugged. But it didn’t change the way he felt. Harry’s friend Liam thought being afraid of the wind was a waste of time. That didn’t help Harry either. Harry’s friend Antony didn’t make fun of Harry. “You’ll get over it, Harry,” he said. Sometimes that made Harry feel better. But not for long. On windy days Harry stood at his window…

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