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-------------------------Times have not been good for the Mobey family. Severe illness has left them with one parent and little income. They live on a relative's benevolence, and count on gaining a small windfall from the seasonal harvesting of a tiny pine forest. --All they have, Ol' Mobey relates, are these 500 Christmas trees. Selling them would leave their world barren. Not selling them would keep their small family impoverished. Preserving the natural peace and beauty of the forest is at odds with material hope. But can't bounty be measured in ways other than pots of gold, or an endless cornucopia of holiday gifts?

------------------------------A summer of first-love, adventure and baseball is made possible for four young people by a man who knows some exotic stories. Danny, the narrator, his friend Fred and two next door playmates, Nancy and Janet find adventure and exuberance through the days of one particular summer. Innocent first-love and the challenge of growing up take place amid the joys and games of summertime. If baseball is a child's metaphor for the season, it also serves as a goal of potential measurement in the core of this story. The catalyst is a warm man of considerable maturity, 'Doc' Ludlow, whose advice and stories form a center for the action that takes place around them. He also forms a bulwark against the gentle forces of anarchy and excitement that sometimes invade this particular time of year.

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