The First Day Of Spring

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It's mild, the may flower is bursting out, there are buds on the hazel, the magnolia has flowered, the sparrow chicks are being taught how to forage. Crocus and snowdrop are a memory, and the daffodils are just about finished. It's spring!

The same "force that drives the green fuse" has hit the children: all the local boys are out on the green playing cricket.

It's still March!