1. Tuesday my brother heard an interesting story, and Wednesday evening
after a pleasant walk he related it to me. 2. The story is, that many
years ago God made the beautiful new world, and gave it to the seasons.
3. They laughed for joy, and said that they would guard it well. 4.
They were ready for pleasure, and also were willing ("volis") to work
energetically for-the-sake-of the new young world. 5. Almost a year
they were happy, but these seasons were too diverse, and could not long
remain friends. 6. The brilliant summer wept and reproached the tired
autumn. 7. The autumn preferred to rest, and disliked the muddy weather
of the inconstant spring. 8. The quiet winter concealed itself beneath
the frost and soft white snow, and wished to sleep. 9. The longer they
kept the world among them, the more they quarreled. 10. Soon the autumn
made the proposition, "We will divide the world." 11. Immediately that
morning the seasons divided the world among themselves. 12. The northern
and southern lands now belong to the winter, and the middle of the world
belongs to the summer. 13. The spring and autumn took for themselves
those lands between the winter and summer.