1. The Girl in the Chicken Coop

           Thewindblewhardandjoggledthewateroftheocean,sendingripplesacrossitssurface.Thenthewindpushedtheedgesoftheripplesuntiltheybecamewaves,andshovedthewavesarounduntiltheybecamebillows.Thebillowsrolleddreadfullyhigh:highereventhanthetopsofhouses.Someofthem,indeed,rolledashighasthetopsoftalltrees,andseemedlikemountains;andthegulfsbetweenthegreatbillowswerelikedeepvalleys.

           Allthismaddashingandsplashingofthewatersofthebigocean,whichthemischievouswindcausedwithoutanygoodreasonwhatever,resultedinaterriblestorm,andastormontheoceanisliabletocutmanyqueerpranksanddoalotofdamage.

           Atthetimethewindbegantoblow,ashipwassailingfaroutuponthewaters.Whenthewavesbegantotumbleandtossandtogrowbiggerandbiggertheshiprolledupanddown,andtippedsidewise--firstonewayandthentheother--andwasjostledaroundsoroughlythateventhesailor-menhadtoholdfasttotheropesandrailingstokeepthemselvesfrombeingsweptawaybythewindorpitchedheadlongintothesea.

           Andthecloudsweresothickintheskythatthesunlightcouldn’tgetthroughthem;sothatthedaygrewdarkasnight,whichaddedtotheterrorsofthestorm.