Peggy Shumaker creates a very interesting narrative and a memorable protagonist, despite the fact that her story only runs for a few paragraphs. We get a sense of the children’s lives in the desert and the mystery that the floods bring and what will come about because of them. It carries with it the idea that water is life, water is death and that water is creation. They’re never quite sure how forceful the storm will be or what it will bring, but they know that they must respect this uncontrollable force. When they all see one teenager attempt to take on this force of nature, this force of life, they are in awe, jealous, concerned and happy all at the same time. The story presumably ends with the death of this teenager, but that conclusion is left for us to decide. We’d like to think that this kids bravery in the face of certain defeat could end some other way, but more than likely, he perished.
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