[Round About a Great Estate by Richard Jefferies]@TWC D-Link bookRound About a Great Estate CHAPTER V 17/20
Few birds, except those that are formed for swimming, come to a still pond.
They like a clear running stream; they visit the sweet running water for drinking and bathing.
Dreaming away the time, listening to the rush of the water bubbling about the stones, I did not notice that the sky had become overcast, till suddenly a clap of thunder near at hand awakened me.
Some heavy drops of rain fell; I looked up and saw the dead branch of the fir on the hill stretched out like a withered arm across a black cloud. Hastening back to the ice-house, I had barely entered the doorway when the lightning, visible at noonday, flashed red and threatening, the thunder crackled and snapped overhead, and the rain fell in a white sheet of water.
There were but two of these overpowering discharges with their peculiar crack and snap; the electricity passed on quickly, and the next clap roared over the woods.
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