One day, the Pearl Dragon was ying over the earth when he saw something strange beneath him. He ew down to have a closer look.
There were many people below him. They were crying out to their gods, and laying out fruits and vegetables for them. “Please send us rain,” the Pearl Dragon heard them cry. “It is so hot that we cannot grow rice for our children to eat. Without rice our children cannot live.”
beneath ( preposition ) below rice ( noun ) small white or brown grains that come from an Asian plant and that are used for food
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