244 Clear Skies and Cloudy. 



have seen a flourishing mulberry that had forced 

 its way through a neglected pavement. A deep 

 dark woods may be a new forest ; clustered 

 trees, not older than the rambler that lingers in 

 their shade, yet literally dark and deep, for a 

 narrow strip of woodland may be both if you 

 stand at one end and only look towards the 

 other. We need a little tact when giving a 

 loose rein to the imagination. As children say, 

 we must "make believe," and by so doing a 

 dozen acres are as suggestive as that many square 

 miles. We must concern ourselves with what 

 is near at hand and distinctly in view, not bother 

 about the boundaries ; study the hub and spokes 

 of the wheel, and not wonder about the mud 

 on the tire. 



It may be well to realize, before you enter, 

 that here, as in the open, you are not a lord of 

 creation, but one of many in a mixed crowd, 

 and not a very important one at that. No tree 

 steps aside at your approach nor moves a limb 

 from your path if it happens to obstruct it. 

 You must pick and push your way through, and 

 if a bended branch can fly back and strike 

 you, it will do so and stands unmoved however 



