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Little Rivki Shulman had misbehaved so much all week that her mother decided to give her the worst kind of punishment: she told her she couldn't go to the shul picnic on Sunday.
When the day came, Rivki’s mother felt like she had been a little too harsh and changed her mind. When she told Rivki she could go to the picnic, Rivki’s reaction was not what she had expected. She was all doom and gloom.
"What's the matter?” Rivki’s mother asked. “I thought you'd be glad to go to the picnic."
"It's too late!" Rivki said. "I already davened for rain."