As the rain finished falling, a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky. Two boys spotted the rainbow and started arguing:
‘The most beautiful colour in the rainbow is red, because I have a red bike. It would be good if the whole rainbow was red,' one boy said.
‘No, the whole rainbow should be green. My favourite toy car is green,' the second boy said.
They argued for a long time, each one thinking their colour was the best.
When she heard the boys arguing, the rainbow felt upset. She had always thought people loved all seven of her colours. The rainbow was so hurt, she faded away completely, and people became sad.
‘What shall I do? I hurt the rainbow's feelings,' one of the boys said miserably.
‘It's my fault too,' the other boy admitted. ‘Let's not argue anymore. Instead, we should ask Number Seven to give the rainbow all its colours back.'
Number Seven listened to ...
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