“My sweet little blue-eyed girl,” he said in a half-sung sigh that had nothing to do with her brown eyes but was taken up just the same by the vast sunlit reaches of the land behind him and on all sides of him—so much land that Connie had never seen before and did not recognize except to know that she was going to it.” (Carol Oats, Pg 10)
All of the land that she saw was unbelievable, it reached all the way out one her line of sight, all Connie could see were clouds, beautiful trees, animals running throughout, birds happily humming their song and perfectly cut grass that was pulchritudinous flowers. Connie looked around in disbelief, with wide eyes. Her eyes lit up, it was the most wonderful place she has ever seen. She looked at Arnold, but he was not there.…