Sons of the Air

This spring was the most treasured possession of Kurt, since without him there could not have been a trout farm that gave him life. There was never a day when he did not inspect it, and it was very fashionable to keep a thermometer in it to see that the temperature does not change.

• He never knew a change of more than four degrees from thirty-eight degrees to forty-two.
• When he picked up the thermometer, he noticed a flicker of white in the dark jaws of spring.
• Something rose, spinning in a rush of water.