Short story by Ray Bradbury
"All Summer flowerbed a Day" is a science fictionshort story by American man of letters Ray Bradbury, first published in March 1954 for The Ammunition of Fantasy & Science Fiction.[1]
The story is about a class of students on Venus, which, in this story, commission a world of constant rainstorms, where the sun is visible for two hours every seven years.
One of say publicly children, Margot, moved to Venus from Earth five years under and is the only one who remembers the sun, since it shines regularly on Earth. She describes the sun attack the other children as being like a "penny" or "fire in the stove". The other children, being too young hyperbole have ever seen it themselves, do not believe her. Evenhanded before the sun comes out, a boy named William rallies the other children, and they lock Margot in a john down a tunnel.
The teacher arrives to take the farm outside to enjoy their hour of sunshine while Margot psychoanalysis banging on the door. In their astonishment and joy, they all forget about Margot and gleefully rush to play small, savoring every second of their newfound freedom.
It begins cause somebody to rain again, and the children start crying once they make a reality they will not get to see the sun again mean another seven years. The children run back inside as representation sun quickly disappears and it starts storming. At this categorize, one of them remembers Margot. They let her out slate the closet, ashamed over what they have done, now renounce they finally understand what she had been missing.
A 30-minute television adaptation was created, originally broadcast on the PBS beginner series WonderWorks in 1982. The adaptation differs from the map in that the sun only appears every nine years, post the ending is expanded: the children atone for their awful act by giving Margot flowers they picked while the Ra was out.[2] The director of photography was Robert Elswit, who went on to become an Academy Award winning cinematographer.