Word: duckpond
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sages can. Further on there is a valley where the sentinel pines stand black against a setting of green leaved oaks and hemlocks. There is also a brook, and horsemen clatter over the wooden bridge that bestrides it. A group of boys are sailing boats in a duckpond, and the birds retreat to the far end, haughtily ignoring the invasion of their domain. In such a place even the shoddiest of men take on graciousness, and old ladies forget to prattle of their favorite ailments. Young men reveal the subtle ways of Spring in just that proper tilt...
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