The days passed by until the children grew to beman and woman. Then came the fierce heat ofsummer. The fields lay blazing in the noontidesun. The grain yellowed and ripened. Childrencame with pails to gather berries from the roadsidebushes. Spring was now a strong man whosename was Summer. He and… … The little maiden ran about the meadows scatteringblossoms from her apron bare, for the grain had been gathered in. Goldenpumpkins gleamed in the corn fields; great redapples fell thudding in the orchards, and childrenlaughed as they gathered them up. 134 Happy Holidays But the wife of Summer was…
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