noon
He stopped crying in order to watch them , for their feeding interested him vastly . But , at intervals , as in the lulls of a tempest , when tremendous gusts of wind snap off trees and then die away , this thought would return to him with intense pain : `` I am about to drown myself because I have no papa . '' It was very warm and fine weather . The pleasant sunshine warmed the grass ; the water shone like a mirror ; and Simon enjoyed for some minutes the happiness of that languor which follows weeping , desirous even of falling asleep there upon the grass in the warmth of noon . A little green frog leaped from under his feet . He endeavored to catch it . It escaped him .