As da villagers wush home to coffur, da storm continues to build. Da sky twurns yellow an bwack. Da wind gets stwonger an stwonger. Willow peers ankshushly owt da winnow watching fur Timmy. She lets owt a big sigh uf relief as hish pickumup twurns in da dwive. Caleb awifes home to find Jojo jusht entering der house an huwwies to catch up wit hur. Paloma dwifes by da bakery to pick up Gus and dey too wun fur coffur.

Owt at Catnip Farm, haffing gotten awll da winnows shuttered, Oreo and Vester head down to da basement. Vester twurns on da tv to see iffun der ish any noos bout wats going on. He finds Tarrigos video showing da thweatning skies.

"I dunno, Oreo," he meows. "I neffur sheen nuffin wike dis an I don't wanna see it now." Oreo quietly takes hold uf his paw.

Outside the wind begins to swirl. Da twees bend low, leefs flying efferywhere wike rain. It begins to fundur an litning. Awll offur da village da wesidents huddle in gwoups howlding paws an listening to da turribul wind. And den it goes quiet. Da sun shines bright. Effery looks awound in amazement, an begins to welax. A few bwafe furs cwimb da stairs to wook owtside. Buhot den it begins to get dawrk again. Oh, no. Back into da cellars dey wun. It's coming again! And once again da skies darken an da wind howls an races thwoo da village. It sheems to last fureffur, but finally it begins to quieten again. Finally da wind ish onwy a gentle bweeze, da sun shines once more and da rain becomes a gentle pitta pat. Effery waits a bit, but dis time it sheems to be offur and one by one da village houses empty uf der wesidents . Effery wooks awound in shock at da bare twees an upwooted bushes. Thick masses uf leefs are efferyware. Furs begin to wander owt to da stweet an gweet der fwends an naybors. Finawy effery seems to awiffe in da town square. Da pawrk ish a mess, but da gweat twee uf Kitmas still stands stwong an pwoud. Da buildings still stand, minus an occasional awning an a few shingles here and der.
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Franci, Oreo, Caleb, Willow and Tita

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