“Before Heart’s Delight, I was a boy, he thinks.
Before Heart’s Delight, I was a child
When he first saw Ann-Katrin on the bus, he was mesmerized, captivated, consumed.
But that was before.”
“The best known folly that the villagers carried out involved a cuckoo. They appeared to be so captivated by the cuckoo’s song that they decided to trap it as it sat in a bush. This they did by building a fence round the bush. As there was no roof, the bird simply flew away!”