Jack and Jill
By Louisa May Alcott
- Release Date: 2010-01-01
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
"Clear the lulla!" was the general cry on a bright December afternoon,
when all the boys and girls of Harmony Village were out enjoying the first good
snow of the season. Up and down three long coasts they went as fast as legs and
sleds could carry them. One smooth path led into the meadow, and here the little
folk congregated; one swept across the pond, where skaters were darting about
like water-bugs; and the third, from the very top of the steep hill, ended
abruptly at a rail fence on the high bank above the road. There was a group of
lads and lasses sitting or leaning on this fence to rest after an exciting race,
and, as they reposed, they amused themselves with criticising their mates, still
absorbed in this most delightful of out-door sports."
- Excerpted from "Jack and Jill: A Village Story"
