Chapter 33

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌⁠Spring. Mistawis black and sullen for a week or two, then flaming in sapphire and turquoise, lilac and rose again, laughing through the oriel, caressing its amethyst islands, rippling under winds soft as silk. Frogs, little green wizards of swamp and pool, singing everywhere in the long twilights and long into the nights; islands fairy-like in a green haze; the evanescent beauty of wild young tree