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and polnted out the vegetable beds and the children’s
gardens and the funny little parsley leaves.
There was great joy and excitement when the
children awoke—father had come home.They laid
hands on him at once. He must see everything new—the
birds’ nests in the willow, the little fish which
were swimming by thousands in the shallows of the
pond.
Then father, mother, and children took a long
walk over the fields. He must see how thick the rye
was, and how the clover grew, and how the potato
plants were pushing out their crumpled leaves. He
must see the cows as they came home from pasture,
and visit all the new arrivals in the cow-house
and sheepfold, seek for eggs, and give sugar to the
horses. The children hung about him all day. No
lessons, no work—nothing but to stroll about with
father.
In the evening he played polkas for them, and he
had been such a good comrade and playfellow all
day that they fell asleep with a prayer on their lips
that their father might always remain with them!
He remained eight whole days, and was pleased
as a boy all the time. He was in love with everything
at home, with his wife and children, and never
thought of Ekeby.
But there came a morning when he was absent
again. He could not stånd it any longer, there was
too much happiness at Löfdala for him. Ekeby was
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