Tornados

During a reading session of the National Geographic first atlas between Abigail and Priscilla, there was a page on America and some facts. One of them was tornados in the mid-west, complete with picture. On a later day the book was one on famous paintings, one of which was "John Brown" or something, a big chested man with flowing beard and flashing eyes and a tornado in the background. This brought the first tornado encounter back to Abigail, she named it immediately.

The next night at bedtime, she confided in Priscilla that she was scared of tornadoes. "Are there tornadoes in Australia?" No. "Can tornadoes kill people?" Yes, if things get blown around and hit you.

Luckily Priscilla had borrowed a children's encyclopedia on various things including tornadoes and volcanoes. Abigail might read on this during her morning reading time immediately after she wakes up.