god's punishment

The wedding was in three hours when flakes of frog skin began to rain from the sky. Mr. Johnson peered up at the sky with furious intensity, one hand cupped above his eyes and one gripping his thick curly hair and pulling at it. His daughter, Trinity, was cutting her beard with his large pocket knife. Hearing her father's curses and oaths of rage, she walked out of the tiny house in her yellow dress. Noticing the flakes, she said, "Father, is God punishing me for marrying the lion from across the sea?" Her father narrowed his eyes and said, with gasping breaths, "Yesterday... I painted my barn... the color of your groom's mane. I wanted... to please God." "O father! We have mere hours before the ceremony! What will--" She gasped. Whiskers were sprouting from Mr. Johnson's face. He reached up and felt his face. "Trinity! I knew this day would come! On the top drawer of my bureau, there is a sack full of tiny seeds. Sow the seeds, and remain at this house until the seeds sprout. But on the day you see the crop, you must flee away from here, and never return. Do you understand?" Wiping tears from her eyes, Trinity nodded. "Yes, father." He kissed her on her forehead, then walked to the edge of the cliff and dove down into the fog. She ran into the house and frantically tore apart everything in the drawers of her father's bureau, but she could not find the seeds. Suddenly, bells began to chime and an organ began to play. The wedding was almost ready to begin. "No!" she screamed. "I need more time!" Doves began to swoop over her head and flowers sprouted from the ground around her. She tore the flowers up and threw them off the edge of the cliff. She needed room to plant the seeds! The flowers kept sprouting, as much as she pulled them up. Then she saw the lion, strolling along with his purple velvet hat on his head. His mane was tied in an ornate knot. "Lion!" Trinity screamed. "My father is dead! The wedding cannot start yet!" The lion looked mournful. "It's too late, Trinity. We must be wed today." "But the seeds are not planted yet! I have to obey my father!" "Do not worry about it now," he replied, and turned his head. "The end is upon us."