In the spring the rivers—now broad, free and mighty—overflowed their banks. Heavy waves broke up the face of the waters, which sent a deep, , , as restless and as the season itself. The snow . The pine-trees showed lights, and a strong, odour.  
In the day-time the sky was a broad expanse of blue; at dusk it had a soft and a attraction. In the heart of the woods, now that winter was over, the first deed of the beasts was being accomplished—birth. Eider-ducks, swans, and geese were crying noisily on the river.
 
At dusk the sky became greenish and murky, into a vast tent of deepest blue studded with a of shining golden stars. Then the eider-ducks and swans grew silent and went to roost for the night, and the soft warm air was thrilled by the of bear-cubs and the cries of land-rails. It was then that the assembled on the slope to sing of Lada and to dance their ancient dances, while youths came forth from their winter in ............