Hamden Hall Country Day School - Perennial Pine Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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LIFE BEGINS LGAIN In the spring the streams, once frozen g ' awake to run and tumble over the fertile ills and richer valleys. Each pussy-willow pushes its way out of the bud that has been sheltering it during the long, icy winter. Slowly, but surely the tiny erocuses burst forth to add their bit of color to the green landscape. L11 of the trees show their splendid dresses of young, green buds to the world. The tall, white birches with their feethery buds look like fairyland. Finally comes the day when the first cheery notes of the robin break forth upon the still morning air. His heart in his exuberant little breast beats quickly as he hops from limb to limb of a sheltering hemlock and trills cheer- fully for sheer joy. Even the people who have stayed in their homes hugging the warmth of their fires all winter leave their houses to walk through the budding woods. The mayflowers and the dark blue violets, with here and there a solemn Jeck-in-the-Eul- pit make a beautiful colored carpet along the edge of the brook in honor of Spring, who comes with new life and hope. Charlotte Freeman Grade VII1