May Day

When, I was a little girl, I loved this book:


To this day, it is the most beautiful book I have ever read. I could not get a picture of the May Day celebration (copyrighted), but when I was little, I wanted so badly to dance around a Maypole like the children in the book. Here's an illustration of a Maypole:

I think of that book and the beauty of all the months. The dancing around the Maypole, the way they put cakes with glowing candles to float down a river, etc. It was beautiful.

And I have no idea where a Maypole is, but one day, I shall dance around one.

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