noon
If it is very cold indeed , she must stay in , or Jack Frost will give her no roses , but a cold , frosty bite . This is the way Agoonack lives through the long darkness . But I have to tell you more of her in another chapter , and you will find it is not always dark in the cold northern countries . It is almost noon one day when Agoonack 's mother wraps the little girl in her shaggy clothes and climbs with her a high hill , promising a pleasant sight when they shall have reached the top . It is the sun , the beautiful , bright , round sun , which shines and smiles at them for a minute , and then slips away again below the far , frozen water . They have n't seen him for many months , and now they rejoice , for the next day he comes again and stays longer , and the next , and the next , and every day longer and longer , until at last he moves above them in one great , bright circle , and does not even go away at all at night . His warm rays melt the snow and awaken the few little hardy flowers that can grow in this short summer .