"I see they are having freshets out in Yardley county."
"What is a freshet?" asked Sunny Boy.
"A freshet, Son, is when a stream rises suddenly and overflows its
natural course," explained his daddy. "In spring, freshets are often
caused by the ice and snow melting too rapidly and draining down into
the brooks and rivers. Then the stream rises, and if the banks are
narrow, it overflowers [Transcriber's note: overflows?] them and
sometimes great damage is done. A big river may sweep away houses and
cattle and send people scurrying about in boats and rafts. Centronia
is not near a river, though, so it isn't likely that you'll see a
freshet soon."
The news of the freshets was not the only sign of spring. At school,
Miss Davis had a large blue jar filled with beautiful pussy willows on
her desk, and the nature study lessons were all about the spring birds.
When Bob Parkney brought Mrs. Horton her fresh eggs, he also brought
her some budded twigs which he said would blossom if she put them in
water.
"My, it's nice out in the country now," said Bob. "Why can't Sunny Boy
come out and see us, Mrs. Horton? Ma was saying yesterday she'd like
to have him come any time. He's never really seen the place, and Judge
Layton is fixing it up fine. Can't he come next Saturday? I'd meet
him at the trolley station."
"I'll tell you, Bob, what Sunny Boy has been teasing to be allowed to
do," replied Mrs. Horton.
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