| | 1 | Author: | Chopin, Kate | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ozeme's Holiday  | | | | Published: | 1995 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | OZÈME often wondered why there was not a special dispensation
of providence to do away with the necessity for work. There seemed
to him so much created for man's enjoyment in this world, and so
little time and opportunity to profit by it. To sit and do nothing
but breathe was already a pleasure to Ozème; but to sit in the
company of a few choice companions, including a sprinkling of
ladies, was even a greater delight; and the joy which a day's
hunting or fishing or picnicking afforded him is hardly to be
described. Yet he was by no means indolent. He worked faithfully
on the plantation the whole year long, in a sort of methodical way;
but when the time came around for his annual week's holiday, there
was no holding him back. It was often decidedly inconvenient for
the planter that Ozème usually chose to take his holiday during
some very busy season of the year. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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