Pigs can t fly. Can they?

I wish something would happen! said Rachel. Something interesting!

Afterwards, she would remember what she d said and how she d felt, that rainy Saturday morning, and she would think: That was really the beginning. And her stomach would give a little jolt, and the tips of her fingers would tingle.

But at the time she didn t know what was in store. All she knew was that she was bored. Bored with having a cold and having to stay in bed. Bored with the rain drumming on the roof.

If only something unlikely or unexpected would happen for a change. Something exciting something wonderful.

Maybe it will! her father said. And pigs might fly!

Ages 10+