The earth comes alive in the Springtime, and so does the heart of a boy. The branches and trees fill with new life, shaking off the sleepiness of winter. The birds dance in the wind. The snow that blazes silent in the hills, melts with the first touch of sunbeams, and joins the mighty silver brooks and streams. When his father returns to the sea to avoid his shrew wife, Judith, Snug Dominy goes to work for his neighbor, Roarer McGill...