Before Columbus

In a North American wood in a summer before Columbus:

gigantic oak, elm and birch mingle;

their fragrance fills the air;

their leaves cast shadows;

the underbrush is nearly solid;

a woodpecker drums;

 

a bluejay scolds;

 

a fire glows;

 

a grouse roasts;

Leonce says:

"'...what a wonderful world this is before machine man screws things up."
-Poul Anderson, There Will Be Time (New York, 1973), XIII, p. 141.

See Before The Settlers.

Leonce agrees with Jack Havig, Manse Everard and Dominic Flandry.