The Day The Rains Fell (Paperback)

At the beginning of time, a goddess descends to Earth and finds that parts of the land are dry and the plants are wilting. The goddess is inspired to make enormous clay pots to collect rainwater so the animals can drink. While she works, her daughter makes a necklace and the animals show their gratitude by adding colours to its dull beads -- the flamingo gives its bright pink, the zebra its stripes and the ant a deep red.