![]() ![]() They came slowly to look at her opened palm. The girl, standing in the open, held out her hand. ![]() In the midst of their running one of the girls wailed. ![]() Quickly they tilted their models in the fleeting sun, capturing the shadows that they had not seen for several cloudy, rainy days. And the jungle burned with sunlight as the children, released from their spell, rushed out, yelling, into the springtime. And the sky around it was a blazing blue tile color. It was the color of flaming bronze and it was very large. They came in twos and threes, cameras swinging from their necks, balancing their models as they surged out of the door, looking up at the sky expectantly. “Do the scientists really know? Will it happen today, will it?”įrom my fourth-floor office window, I watched my students spring forth from their underground architectural studio to the plaza above, like meerkats spilling out of their dens. Text in italics is quoted from his short story, "All Summer in a Day") ![]()
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