All Summer in a Day

To the left is the sun. It is the center of our solar system. On Earth we see it every day. On other planets, it doesn't come as often. For Venus, the Sun only comes out every seven years. Wow, I could not imagine going seven years without seeing the sun.

In "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury, there is a community of kids that live and go to school on Venus. This was a very spectacular day. The sun was coming out for the first time in seven years. The teacher had planned a class field trip to see the sun.

Margrot had looked forward to the Sun arriving since the day she left Earth. But, the other kids mocked her because she knew in her heart that the sun was going to come. She just knew it. The other kids were so mean, mad, and malicious that they locked her in the closet.

Eventually, the sun came out and the horrible kids remembered that they had left Margrot in the closet. She never got to see the sun.

I had a similar experience in that I had waited months to take part in the light parade. The night before, I broke my ankle and was forced to stay home.