In The Heart of the Heart of the Country

In The Heart of the Heart of the Country

A PLACE So I have sailed the seas and come… to B…a small town fastened to a field in Indiana. Twice there have been twelve hundred people here to answer to the census. The town is outstandingly neat and shady, and always puts its best side to the highway. On one lawn...
The Tale of the Unknown Island

The Tale of the Unknown Island

And the sailors, she asked, No one came, as you can see, But did some at least say they would come, she asked, They said there are no more unknown islands and that, even if there were, they weren’t prepared to leave the comfort of their homes and the good life on...
La Bonne Chanson

La Bonne Chanson

The morning sun serenely warms and gilds The rye and corn still damp in dewy fields, The sky has kept the freshness of the night. One wanders out just for the sake of it, Beside the river with dim yellow weeds, Along a grass path edged by alder-trees. The air is...
Leela’s Friend

Leela’s Friend

‘If we stand on the roof and stretch our arms, can we touch the sky?’ ‘Not if we stand on the roof here,’ he said. ‘But if you stand on a coconut tree you can touch the sky.’ ‘Have you done it?’ asked Leela. ‘Yes,...