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Subject: Science Fiction Short Story
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature
Asked by: fmw-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 16 Aug 2004 09:51 PDT
Expires: 15 Sep 2004 09:51 PDT
Question ID: 388545
I'm looking for a science fiction short story, at least 20 years old,
about a small colony on a planet (Venus, I think, though I'm not sure)
where all the children are the same age and have lived there all their
lives in darkness and do not remember the sun.  One girl does remember
the sun because she came to the colony later in her life.  The other
children bully her relentlessly.  On the one day that the sun is going
to be out, they lock her in a closet and inadvertantly leave her there
all day.  But when they see the sun, they realize she was right about
what it was like.  An answer will include the title of the story, the
author, and where it can be found in publication.
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Subject: Re: Science Fiction Short Story
Answered By: juggler-ga on 16 Aug 2004 10:14 PDT
 
Hello.

The story was "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury.


'... "All Summer in a Day."  
Synopsis of the plot
A nine-year old girl, Margot, who came to Venus with her parents from
Ohio five years ago, is very excited about the fact that the sun
should appear here again after seven long years of heavy rain. Other
children her age, who were born on Venus and do not remember having
seen the sun when they were only two years old, are excited too but
angry at Margot because she is different."
source: Character Education Lesson Plan
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/nccep/lp/lp18.html

The text of the story appears to be in DOC (Microsoft Word) format on these sites:
http://www.janaedwards.com/ALLSUMMERINADAY.doc
http://www.odedodea.edu/instruction/curriculum/lars/ela_lab/PreK-Grade6/Docs/AllSummerinaDay.doc

The story is in numerous anthologies including "A Medicine for
Melancholy and Other Stories" by Ray Bradbury
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380730863/

There was also a TV movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195517/

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search strategy:
"seen the sun" story girl

Thanks.
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