the midday sun
All the birds in the air could see him whenever he crossed the bare field . Now , however , he forgot his displeasure in the joy that Farmer Green 's latest move gave him . That night Master Meadow Mouse crept into the cornfield . The round , yellow harvest moon shone down on the field , bathing the shocks of corn in a flood of light and making the pumpkins that lay on every side look almost as golden as they appeared under the midday sun . Master Meadow Mouse was surprised to find that many of his cousins had had the same happy thought about moving that had come to him . He met dozens of the big Meadow Mouse family that night . And every one of them was intent on picking out a shock of corn to live in .