A rainy day is a pleasant day in the scorching heat of summer. Rains are a great relief from the burning sun. Even birds and plants yearn for a drop of water when every thing goes dry in hot country.

The first rainy day becomes a holiday in schools. Boys and girls move about lightly and are not in a mood to attend the class. Teachers themselves are in the same mood and easily agree to an official holiday.

Students dance their way back home. They do not mind if they are drenched in the downpour of rain. They are only worried about their books which they vainly try to save from being spoiled. Some students play matches even when it rains and enjoy the game more than on a summer day.

On a rainy day the whole nature puts on a brilliant green gown. Every ting is washed clean by the thunder clouds. All dirt and garbage on the streets is washed away. Thus rains do a great health service to the people.

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The little children are the happiest on a rainy day they are fond of bathing in the rain water and sailing paper boats. They dance and chase one another with buckets full of water and throw it on top that are not yet quite wet.

They laugh when somebody slips to fall in the mud. Thus they laugh at the cost of others. Some children run about naked enjoying the cool shower and girls go out to enjoy themselves in swings.

In England where it drizzles almost continuously throughout the year, rains are not a welcome relief. A nursery rhyme expresses the people’s mood:

Rain! Rain! Go away!

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Come again another day,

Little Johnny wants to play.

In India the Little Johnny cannot play when the summer sun shines. So the very definition of a fine day is different here. In England a fine day means a sunny day. In India a fine day means a rainy day.

There is nothing as fine as a fine day in the rainy season. The people enjoy even the cloudy sky before and after the rain, because even the air is refreshing. It is the ideal day for picnics and outings.