"Death and the Cherry Tree."
A glimpse at three children at play: a boy interested in war games and being in charge, a young girl who has tired of his domination and wants to fix him a pretend meal, and a newcomer, an older girl willing to cater to the boy but also mature enough to use her feminine attractions to gain her own control. The story ends with the young girl deserted by the boy and sadly returning home. Reminiscent of an earlier story about childhood relations, The Peach-Tree: A Fantasy. A 1968 film adaptation of the story called "Mirtis ir vysnios medis" was directed by the Lithuanian Arunas Zebriunas. In the Evening News (May 15, 1953), The Watercress Girl and Other Stories (1959), A Month by the Lake & Other Stories (1987). Reprinted in Through the Green Woods (1968).