There is a type of flower that is typically white called the cactus flower. Once the flowers would blossom in colors that the rainbow would carry, red, yellow, orange that the rainbow had given them. When the sun would be out, the flowers would tune their faces up to the sky and take in all light. The rainbow had two ends that would meet somewhere on earth. When the ends met everything on earth would be colored by the rainbow. The white cactus flower always would be hopeful that one day the rainbow would color them, but the rainbow never did. It could have possibly been because the cactus flower had many thorns and could hurt the rainbow.
After a heavy rain the rain was full of water and ready to have its ends meet to shower everything but the cactus in its beautiful colors. On its way down to the ground, it was ready to pour when it noticed a hidden cactus plant. In an attempt to pull up, the weight of the water became too much and the rainbow poured water on to the cactus plant.
The thorns on the cactus tried to capture as much of the color as they could and save it for the flowers. The only colors that they were able to catch were red, yellow, and orange, the rest had escaped. The flowers began to bloom in beautiful shades of color.
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Hi Michelle. This was a lovely story about how the cactus flower gained its color. I also like the image you chose to accompany it. I was a bit confused in the second sentence. Where the flowers colorful before they were white? I also missed your Author's Note. I went back and read the inspiration story and it seems to be very similar to yours. An author's note would be helpful to describe the changes you made to the original story.
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