The Trees by Conrad Richter

Author:Conrad Richter [Richter, Conrad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8041-5099-6
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2013-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

It was too far to know what the verse was about, but when she got to the chorus again, her voice sang out and you could catch every word.

Oh, the year was a risin’ so bright and clear

And the young gal sot in the old woman’s cheer.

Sayward went to the door and stood a while looking out. The pot was waiting for her to scrub it out with soap and sand. Let it sit till she was ready. You didn’t often see the woods more still. They were atop of summer now. The leaves wouldn’t get any bigger or the days longer. The changing season had slowed down till it nearly stopped. Now it would stay this way a while through the dog days when you had to watch out for mad, slobber-jawed wolves. The only leaves that moved were yonder where Genny kept swinging on her creeper tied in a big loop for a seat. And at the end of every verse you could hear her sing out:

Oh, the year was a risin’ so bright and clear

And the young gal sot in the old woman’s cheer.

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