There is a nursery rhyme that most of us remember from our childhood. I remember my mother singing it to me when I was a child. It had been raining for days in Sumiton, Alabama, and I was so frustrated because the rain was preventing me from going outside to play with my friends. It had given me a severe case of cabin fever. My mother sang to me: “Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. Little Steve wants to play. Rain, rain go away.” Even that song frustrated me since I was so tired of the rain. Into every life a little rain must fall, and sometimes the rain is emotionally drenching. It reminds me of a deeply moving fable that I came across many years ago. I think it will move you too. Enjoy. FABLE OF THE DRENCHED EAGLE It was raining in the forest. It had been raining for days, and all the birds and animals were drenched. The eagle, too, was drenched, and his spirits dampened as well, for his mate lay with a chill, a victim of the constant rain. There was no way to keep her dry,