><font size="6">O</font>nce upon a time there was a fair land called Bubble.com. In this fair land the rain suddenly stopped falling, at first for a week, then for a month, then for several
>months in a row. The citizens of Bubble.com stopped carrying their umbrellas to work with them, since even when it became very cloudy, not a drop fell from the skies.
>After one year of no rain, the umbrella manufacturers mostly shut down, since people stopped buying umbrellas. After five years of no rain, architects began to design
>houses with no roofs. These houses became very popular, since they were so much brighter and more airy than the other kind, and they were soon built in large
>quantities. Meanwhile the houses built to withstand strong storms could be had for a song, since their design was considered ridiculously gloomy, and those who would
>live in them were considered especially foolish. A few people who continued to live in these mostly gold-colored storm houses complained of a conspiracy, as their
>property values fell and their neighbors fled for the roofless wonders. Far and wide, all proclaimed that we were in a new era, when rain had been abolished from on
>high.
>Special temples were constructed in devotion to the sun god, known as on-line brokerage offices. The priests of these temples were revered as all-knowing and
>all-wise. Soon those architects who built houses with roofs could hardly be found, since their craft had become forgotten, and their services not needed. Entire
>neighborhoods of roofed houses were razed to make way for the modern"internet" style.
>Then one fine day, the clouds rolled in, lower, thicker, and more menacing than
>had been seen in 25 years. A few old timers proclaimed that it might rain again, but they were dismissed as cranky fools. Then a few light drops fell, then a steady rain,
>then a torrent, then a flood. The panicked residents of Bubble.com fled for the storm houses, willing to pay any price for shelter. Even those roofless houses that had
>been built in luxurious comfort, and were barely a few months old, were quickly abandoned in a panic. Those who decided to brave the storm in their roofless abodes,
>figuring it to be a brief passing event, were quickly disillusioned when dozens of storms followed over the next few years, some of them absolutely devastating in their
>impact. As for those who remained in their storm houses during the era of no rain, they lived very happily, and wealthily, ever after. As with any children's story, we
>won't be so crude as to mention what happened to the others.
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