The Great Worm Rescue

It dawned on us gradually--first one, then  two, then more and more--that there were worms all over the driveway.  After 2 1/2 inches of rain last night, we found dozens of worms on our new driveway.  I guess they washed down with the torrents, even with the blocks edging the driveway.  Some had clearly perished, but many were wiggling on the asphalt with little hope of making it across alive as the sun rose higher in the sky.  And so, as we waited for the bus, we relocated as many as we could find, carefully scooping them up and putting them in the grass, glad to do what we could, even for worms.  And thinking all the while of Diary of a Worm, as the worm says at one point that rainy days are one of his biggest enemies.