Secondary School Level

After the colourful, scented, flowery spring season comes the burning summer season. In India people are generally afraid of this season. They fear the heat, the 'loo' the dusty dryness and the glare of May and June. They find the parched and cracked earth, the empty fields, the dust-storms, very frightening and repulsive.

I love this season. I always look forward to these months. They bring me holidays — I am free from the dull routine of college studies. I can do whatever I like. There is no dearth of absorbing activities in this season. The river Ganga flows by our city. Our group of friends goes there every morning for swimming. We swim, we dive, we play and have fan in the cool, refreshing water

of the Ganga. When I came back home I am hungry enough to eat the whole world.

After the breakfast we friends go to the nearby orchard. We relax under the shady trees and read books and magazines on different topics. We climb the trees and play games like hide and seek. It is such fun. This type of wonderful time is possible only in the summers.

Then I come back home and have my lunch with all the members of my family. After a short rest, it is again time to read. Then in the evening it is again games like cricket, badminton or volleyball. When the night comes we all go to the river-bank and talk for long hours. Thus passed the usual summer day.

The things we eat and drink in the summer are delicious. The 'lassi 'thandai 'milkshake' 'Jaljeera', the 'colas' and 'sherbets’ quench our thirst during the day. The different flavoured ice-creams and 'kulfis', the cool. cucumbers, the fine flavoured musk-melons and melons, the rich, ripe mangoes, the 'lichies' - all make the summer very desirable.

Sometimes we go to the hill stations. What fun it is to enjoy your life in the cool, inviting hills. The trekking through the hilly routes, the boating in the lakes, the skating in the rinks, the evening walks along the gay, busy roads, and the inviting bazars — all make life wonderful. Really, summers are so enjoyable