After Sister Spring awakes “with the first daffodil on the very last breath of frost,” she colors the sunrise with a kiss, provides thunder for the hills, and invites the reader to gambol in the meadow and “dream the seeds of the morrow.”

A poetic personification of the winter season, Mother Winter goes walking "on the longest cold night," inviting the reader along to experience chill winds, icy ponds, white snowdrifts, and other quiet wonders.

A girl who responds to the song that calls to her serves as an example to those who have forgotten how to listen to their lives, how to discern music from noise, how to follow the path of mystery and adventure set before them.