The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-05

ThV father mas WRITTEN LOT Inee.
Come. wander with me, she said,
Into regions yet untrod,
And read what is still unread
In the manuscript Of God.
AS the spring advances and the
woods become green, there is
something that takes a hold upon
all people; something that it is
not easy to describe, yet impos-
sible to deny. but I suppose that
if we used the expression, "the
spring urge" we would all know
what we are talking about.
When the dogwood is white and
the trillium blooms; when the
thrush is on the topmost branch
pouring forth his voluminous
praise of all things as they are,
and the crow slips over the woods
with tadpole or toad, seeking in
gress unobserved, to her nest IN
the pines; when the day is mild
and the silent clouds trail across
the sky, casting refreshing shad-
ows across the landscape; when,
in fact, we are full of the urge
of the advancing spring, would it
not be we'll for US to cast aside
our cares. fill a basket with hard
boiled eggs, sandwiches, some gin
gerbread perhaps, and a bottle or
two of milk. bunch up the chill
dren and 60 into the woods? For
get the cares of the kitchen, put
aside the lawn mower and the
pillow, forget the dust brush and
the broom-iust go into the woods
where the trees grow thick and
the flowers bloom. Pick out some
remote moss-covered rocks beside
some trickling streams, and forget
there is a city or a farm for the
time being and just remember
that the world will not notice our
departure, while it will be pleas
ant for us to think "the world is
full of meat and drink, with little
children saying grace. in every
Christian kind of place 49,
But by all means do not NIX
up a picnic dinner" Just take
what you have handy. 1t is not
so much what you take with you
that I am interested in. It's what
YOU bring back. If you do not
'muss" things up by a lot OF
"fuss" about the lunch, you Will
find that lunch is the most I'M
important thing about the whole
business. Forget about maJorlng
on the lunch and just follow Tn"
spring urge and you will see how
readily and unobtrusively you will
be led to the brink of knowledge
the story book "Thy father has
written for thee" y,
If you cannot learn from the
glowing leaves or the surge of the
sap, then perhaps you can learn
from the blooming flowers. And
then there is the orchid peeping
I'D. and my, my, what an array OF
small violets, and look at all those
funny little flowers on the edge OF
the stream!
Did YOU ever hear so many
birds singing at one time before!
Well, | expect you have if you
have ever been in the woods at
this time of the year, and espe-
cially if it was just after a spring
shower. Look at the moss on the
rocEs II surely grows and what
does it live on? And Just look
at the moss on all the different
kinds of trees and shrubs. 1t al
most looks like moss grows on
everything. Look there! the
ground is covered with 1t H.
places. All kinds Of moss! Look
There under that kalmia bush
Don't YOU see that little oven bird
there walking just like a person?
And there, as sure as you are
born. is its nest! My! what tiny
beautiful eggs and what a Won
derful nest! -,
It certainly is pretty in the
woods today. Let's not go home
till nearly dark. Wouldn't 1t be
fun to stay out and watch the
birds go to roost.
And what about asking mother
and daddy to come back next
week or next month and see if
the oven birds are Matched, and
bv that time, too, the azalea will
be in bloom and the kalmia too,
and the woods will be beautiful
then, as pretty as they are now
Listen! Mother and Daddy have
lunch all ready. Come on, I'm
as hungry as bear. Sh! sup
pose a big black bear should run
out from under that rock where
Daddy is sitting? | bet I'd be the
first to catch him. I'd chain him
and take him home and pet him.
All right, we are coming now. We
want some of everything but we
want some water first. Who would
want to be out in an old automo-
bile when they could be here IN
the woods with the flowers and
the birds and a nice place to cat
dinner sitting on ,tneSe loCho
which. won't fall down every time
YOU are not thinking?
Anyway, this is the best dinner
I ever had. Right after. dinner we
want to go up on the hill. We saw
sounrel nest and we want to
feed the mother squirrel, and
there's a bunny up there too, be-
cause we saw his tracks where he
crossed the branch. I'll bet he is
looking at us right this minute. |
wish l had him by the ears; I'd
make him eat some Of this Easter
cgr he laid. Mother, how do rab-
bits lay hard-boiled Easter eggs?
7 want some more milk and two
more sandwiches and three pieces
Of ginger bread, and Daddy you