:49:05
''where waters gushed
and fruit trees grew...''
:49:10
''and flowers put forth
a fairer hue...''
:49:15
''and everything
was strange and new.''
:49:38
By the time l reached the bottom
of Bartlett Hill Road,
:49:42
l had half my load.
:49:46
Let's see...20.
:49:49
No. 22 kids aboard.
:49:54
They'd walk to their places
on the main road,
:49:58
from the smaller lanes
and private roadways...
:50:01
that run off it.
:50:05
Bright little clusters
of three and four children...
:50:11
like berries
waiting to be plucked.
:50:18
That's the way
l thought of them sometimes.
:50:21
Like berries?
:50:23
Like l was putting them
into my big basket,
:50:28
clearing the hillside
of its children.
:50:32
Anyway, my next stop was
across from the Bide-A-While,
:50:35
which is owned and operated
by Risa and Wendell Walker.
:50:41
Risa had walked
her son Sean across the road,
:50:44
which was customary.
:50:46
Sean, he has some kind of
learning disability.
:50:49
Well, he's behind the rest
of the kids his age in school,
:50:53
and he's too nervous
to play sports.