![]() ![]() ![]() It begins to rain again, and the children start crying once they realize they won't get to see the sun again for another seven years. In their astonishment and joy, they all forget about Margot and gleefully rush to play outside, savoring every second of their newfound freedom. The teacher arrives to take the class outside to enjoy their hour of sunshine. Just before the sun comes out, a boy named William rallies the other children, and they lock Margot in a closet down a tunnel. The other children, being too young to have ever seen it themselves, do not believe her. She describes the sun to the other children as being like a "penny" or "fire in the stove". ![]() ![]() One of the children, Margot, moved to Venus from Earth five years earlier and is the only one who remembers the sun, since it shines regularly on Earth. The story is about a class of students on Venus, which, in this story, is a world of constant rainstorms, where the sun is only visible for one hour every seven years. " All Summer in a Day" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in the March 1954 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Short story by Ray Bradbury "All Summer in a Day" ![]()
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