<P> The story is about a class of students on Venus, which in this story is a world of constant rainstorms, where the Sun is visible for only one hour every seven years . (This story was written before Mariner 2 discovered that the surface temperature on Venus is higher than the boiling point of water .) </P> <P> One of the children, Margot, moved to Venus from Earth five years earlier, and she is the only one in her class to remember sunshine, since the Sun shone regularly on Earth . She describes the Sun as "a penny", or "like a fire in the stove", and the other children, being too young ever to have seen it themselves, do not believe her . The other students bully and ostracize her and just before the sun comes out, they lock her in a closet down a tunnel . </P> <P> As the Sun is about to appear, their teacher arrives to take the class outside to enjoy their one hour of sunshine and, in their astonishment and joy, they all forget about Margot . They run, play, skip, jump, and prance about, savoring every second of their newly found freedom . "It's much better than sun lamps!" one of them cries . </P> <P> Suddenly, a girl catches a raindrop in her hands . Thunder sounds, and they start to pick as many flowers as they can before it starts pouring again and run back inside . At this point, one of them remembers Margot, who is still locked in the closet . Ashamed, they let her out of the closet, standing frozen, embarrassed over what they have done, and unable to "meet each other's glances ." </P>

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