:10:04
Grasses emerge, fueled by up
to 24 hours of sunlight a day.
:10:10
Animals hurry
to store up nutrients
:10:13
before winter returns.
:10:16
Without the plenty
of the warm season
:10:18
life couldn't survive
the long months of bitter cold.
:10:33
Famished from half a year
of hibernation
:10:36
even the lordly brown bear
:10:39
is content to graze in spring
:10:41
sharing the meadows with caribou
too fleet to be caught.
:10:52
As bellies fill, play begins.
:11:18
There is
other business conducted
:11:20
in the fields of fresh grass...
:11:23
the age-old rite of spring.
:11:54
They will remain a couple
for only a day or two
:11:57
sharing a rough affection.