I am drawn outside while the rain still falls. All around， there is a cool and welcome feeling. I breathe deeply and watch the sun’s rays streak through breaking clouds. One ray catches the drops that form on the edge of the roof， and I am treated to a row of tiny， quivering colors — my private rainbow.
I pick my way through the wet grass， my feet sinking into the satuarated soil. The creek in the gully runs bankfull of brown water， but the small lakes and puddles are already disappearing into the earth. Every leaf， brick， shingle and blade of grass is fresh-washed and shining.
Like the land， I am renewed， my spirit cleansed. I feel an inf？inite peace. For a time I have forgotten the worries and irritations I was nurturing before. They have been washed away by the glories of the storm.
一種沉靜的感覺悄然爬上心頭，我感到世間萬物突然變得安靜下來。鳥兒止住了啁啾，樹葉不再沙沙作響，昆蟲也停止了鳴唱。
幹燥炎熱了一天的空氣，這時漸漸陰沉起來。它懸掛在樹梢上，把花朵都壓低了，也壓在我的肩頭。我隱約感到有些不安，於是走到窗前，發現西天邊的雲朵層巒疊嶂，形成了一座座威嚴的白塔，直通藍天。
雲朵耀眼的白光瞬間消失。轉眼間，棉花糖似的雲團像鐵砧一般鋪展開來，盡顯它陰冷的本性。西斜的太陽被它擋住了，於是天早早地暗了下來。緊接著，狂風突起，路上的塵土被它席卷而起，空氣變得涼颼颼的，預示著即將到來的一切。
砰的一聲，風把一扇房門關上了，窗簾也隨之鼓起，在房間裏翻騰著。我趕緊跑去關上窗戶，收好晾曬的衣服，蓋好院子裏的家具。這時，隆隆的雷聲開始從遠處傳來。
大滴的雨點開始落下來。雨滴不斷地砸入塵土，在窗戶上塗上點點印記。它們打在煙囪上，發出叮叮當當的響聲；砸在露台的頂棚上，也是乒乒乓乓直響。樹葉似乎也抵擋不住雨點的打壓，在風雨中搖曳著不敢抬起頭來。人行道也仿佛穿上了一件綴滿閃亮的雨滴的外衣。