第4期:池塘

Chapter 2 The Pond

The pond Sam had discovered on that spring morning was seldom visited by any human being.

All winter, snow had covered the ice; the pond lay cold and still under its white blanket.

Most of the time there wasn't a sound to be heard.

The frog was asleep. The chipmunk was asleep.

Occasionally a jay would cry out.

And sometimes at night the fox would bark--a high, rasping bark.

Winter seemed to last forever.

But one day a change came over the woods and the pond.

Warm air, soft and kind, blew through the trees.