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Spring has a pair of warm hands.

It quietly removes the frozen soil

to let grass and flowers sprout from

the ground. It combs winter

wheat’s tangled hair and braids

the tall plants near the water’s edge.

It speeds the blooming of the buds,

which are like children’s whistling

mouths, in the branches of peach,

plum, apricot, and pear trees.