Jeremiah page 1

 Jeremiah page 1 by ric gustafson

Jeremiah heard the crack of the thunder. He was trying to get the goat to come back. " Whitefoot, come back".

The goat continued moving along the edge of the canyon. Jeremiah looked up. He could hear the thunder. He knew a downpour was coming. Jeremiah loved the goat. He had saved it from being killed by his father at birth.

Just then, a lightning bolt struck a tamarisk tree on the rim of the gorge. The sudden noise scared the goat. To Jeremiah's horror, the goat in panic backed up and slipped off the edge of the canyon. Jeremiah could hear the goat's bleating as it fell down the crevice to the darkness below.

Sobbing, Jeremiah walked back home in the pouring rain. When he got to his front doorstep, a strong wind blew him through the front door.

" Shut that door!" yelled Jeremiah's older brother Lemuel.

Jeremiah's mother Libnah walked into the room. " Be still Lemuel".

She got down on the floor and held her youngest son. " What's wrong my son?".

Sobbing, Jeremiah told his mother about the goat falling down the crevice.

Libnah held Jeremiah close as he wept.

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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric