it is Autumn. the wind is blowing hard and it is raining heavily.All the leaves on an ivy creeper have fallen, except one . why doesn't the leaf not fall? sue and johnsy, two young artists, shared a small flat. the flat was on the third storey of an old house. johnsy fell very seriously ill in November. she had pneumonia. she would lie without moving just gazing out of the window. sue, her friend , became very worried. she sent for the doctor. although he came every day there was no change in johnsy condition.