Show THE BEGINNING OF WINTER ward robb kobb english A the cold north wind blew up from the valley and the red sun was hidden by a bank ot of clouds in the west twilight came on and the gloomy shadows slowly laded faded into night the sky overhead was almost a solid blanket of 0 threatening clouds and the silvery moon which had risen with the coming of 0 night was now hidden completely except tor for occasional in tho the clouds when it ft had a chance to peep down dowa upon the frozen earth As the wind swirled over a small pond it left a thin coat of ice fee lit in its wake when tho the moon shone through the clouds it transformed this pond into a a silvery sheen sheet the ohi c hig wind tore the last small bunches of leaves from their place on the branches of tho ghostly trees and made the tha bra branches brano nolies hes ass a an A lit they were mourning for their fallen leaves the threatening clouds dropped their downy flakes and covered the brown earth with wilh a beautiful blanket of snow the fallen leaves the roots roofs of houses the green fields trees on the hillside and everything was covered with snow in the morning the sun cam up in a clear blue sky and the d direct rays shining down upon tile the deiy newly f fallen allen snow spar sparkled kled like diamonds |