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A green sprout and a rainbow

It was springtime in Japan, and Sayuri was glad. The cherry trees were in bloom and the warm air was filled with their fragrance. It really is wonderful, thought Sayuri, how everything seems to come…

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The Stars and Stripes

Flag Day June 14 Hats off! Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, A flash of color beneath the sky: Hats off! The flag is passing by! from The Flag Goes By by Henry…

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Oh! And ah! Places

BACKYARD VOLCANO

“The ground is hot—almost hot enough to burn my feet! It’s been getting hotter every day.” That’s what a farmer named Dionisio Pulido thought as he plowed his cornfield near Paricutin, Mexico. …

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