Algy perched limply in a spiky japonica bush, his feathers drip-drip-dripping in the rain, and gazed in wonder at the masses of red buds and beginnings of new green leaves which had appeared in the last few days. It was still dark and dismal, and very wet and windy, but there was no doubt now that spring was lurking around the corner, and Algy was reminded of the opening of a poem he had once heard:
Now in the dark of February rains,
Poor lovers of the sunshine, spring is born,
The earthy fields are full of hidden corn,
And March’s violets bud along the lanes
If your days seem dark and dismal too, don’t forget that spring is waiting just around the corner to brighten up the world again 🙂
[Algy is quoting the first verse of the poem In February by the 19th century Scottish writer and minister, George MacDonald.]
The Adventures of Algy 