VLVL2 (15): The Pasture, Just Before Dawn ...

[Dave Monroe]

"THE pasture, just before dawn, saw the first
impatient kids already out barefoot in the dew ..."
(VL, Ch. 15, p. 323)


Not exactly a pastoral pasture, but ...

Main Entry: pas·ture 
Pronunciation: 'pas-ch&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from
Late Latin pastura, from Latin pastus, past participle
of pascere to feed -- more at FOOD
1 : plants (as grass) grown for the feeding especially
of grazing animals
2 : land or a plot of land used for grazing
3 : the feeding of livestock : GRAZING

Main Entry: pas·to·ral 
Pronunciation: 'pas-t(&-)r&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pastoralis, from
pastor herdsman
1 a (1) : of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or
herdsmen (2) : devoted to or based on livestock
raising b : of or relating to the countryside : not
urban c : portraying or expressive of the life of
shepherds or country people especially in an idealized
and conventionalized manner <pastoral poetry> d :
pleasingly peaceful and innocent : IDYLLIC ...

Main Entry: pastoral  
Pronunciation: 'pas-t(&-)r&l; 1d is often
"pas-t&-'räl, -'ral
Function: noun
1 a : a literary work (as a poem or play) dealing with
shepherds or rural life in a usually artificial manner
and typically drawing a contrast between the innocence
and serenity of the simple life and the misery and
corruption of city and especially court life b :
pastoral poetry or drama c : a rural picture or scene
d : PASTORALE 1b ...

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"while not exactly gazing Bambilike at the intrusions"

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