Summer

"Nessa, what do you think of summer," Elphaba asked one day.

"I think it's annoying. It's too hot for me, and the sun heats up my wheelchair when I try to get around in it!"

Elphaba smiled.

"Is that it?"

"Well, summer does have its good points. The flowers are blooming fully by then, and it doesn't rain as much."

"But you get to go swimming when it's hot… and I can't…"