As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

The stooping figure of my mother, waist-deep in the grass and caught there like a piece of sheep's wool, was the last I saw of my country home as I left it to discover the world' Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin.

Silueta incovoiata a mamei mele, pana la brau in iarba si prinsa acolo ca o bucata de lana de oaie, a fost ultima data pe care am vazut-o din casa mea de la tara cand am parasit-o pentru a descoperi lumea". Abandonand satul Cotswolds care l-a crescut, tanara Laurie Lee merge spre Londra.