the country, picnics and haymaking①parties.

　　when spring came, she  found the earth cold and  bare, but she  soon changed all that, and by the time summer arrives, the world is a very different place. it is a green world now, green leaves on the trees, green grass in the fields, green  plants crowding in the hedges②, and flowers opening everywhere.

　　the days are long and the nights are short, for the sun gets up early and goes to bed late in sunny june. it is one of the best and brightest months in the year. birds sing from sunrise till long after sunset.

　　as night falls, one after another the birds stop their singing, and after a few last sleepy sounds, put their heads under their wings to rest for an hour or two before beginning again. they do not all sleep, however. when other birds are silent, comes a soft cry, then, after a few moments, another, louder this time; and soon the nightingale③ pouring out his wonderful song.

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