Fly by Night

Original Paragraph:
The path was a troublesome, fretful thing. It worried that it was missing a view of the opposite hills and insisted on climbing for a better look. Then it found the breeze uncommonly chill and ducked back among the trees. It suddenly thought it had forgotten something and doubled back, then realized that it hadn't and turned about again. At last it struggled free of the pines, plumped itself down by the riverside, complained of its aching stones and refused to go any farther. A sensible, well-trodden track took over.

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This paragraph is an absolute joy to read! This is an excellent example of personification, taking an inanimate object and adding personal characteristics to it. Just reading this paragraph from the book Fly By Night, by Frances Harding, it kind of makes me think that she might be a fun person to be around, because of the humor in this writing. I really enjoyed this paragraph.