Excerpt from First Steps in General Knowledge, Vol. 4: The Vegetable Kingdom

It was a lovely April morning; the sun shone brightly after heavy showers; the birds sang joyously among the trees, and scattered rain-drops as they flitted from bough to bough: every plant was laden with moisture, and the thickly-blossomed cherry on the garden-wall had showered down its beautiful petals under the influence of the driving rain.

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