Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (41 page)

Overhead the sun was running away from the clouds with all his might, and they were trying to catch hold of him one by one, in vain; for he rolled through their soft grasp, leaving their hands bright with gold-dust.

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Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
by Eleanor Farjeon

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