Farewell Summer ~ Ray Bradbury - Marimarister
Farewell Summer ~ Ray Bradbury - Marimarister
Farewell Summer ~ Ray Bradbury - Marimarister
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―Okay.‖<br />
―Hold my hand, Doug. Hold on tight.‖<br />
―Why?‖<br />
―You ever think the Earth‘s spinning at twenty-five thousand miles per hour or<br />
something? It could throw you right off if you shut your eyes and forget to hold on.‖<br />
―Give me your hand. There. Is that better?‖<br />
―Yeah. I can sleep now. You had me scared there for a while.‖<br />
A moment of silence, breath going in and out.<br />
―Tom?‖<br />
―Yeah?‖<br />
―You see? I didn‘t ditch you, after all.‖<br />
―Thank gosh, Doug, oh, thank gosh.‖<br />
A wind came up outside and shook all the trees and every leaf, every last one fell off and<br />
blew across the lawn.<br />
―<strong>Summer</strong>‘s over, Tom.‖<br />
Tom listened.<br />
―<strong>Summer</strong>‘s done. Here comes autumn.‖<br />
―Halloween.‖<br />
―Boy, think of that !‖<br />
―I‘m thinking."<br />
They thought, they slept.<br />
The town clock struck four.<br />
And Grandma sat up in the dark and named the season just now over and done and past.
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