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RAIN AND LACK OF RAIN 237But that bank had other attractions. Therewere fine trees to climb, you could slide down thehard brown turf in one place, and there was adepending branch on which you could swingperilously out over the very lane. It was indeedoften decidedly annoying to be called away becauseyour bucket, moved up by some friendly hand,was full and blocking the way.And now that the rain has come and thedrought is over I suppose the little spring has lostits Customers and pours out an even and neglectedstream to trickle down the gutter. Next yearthere will be no more pleasant summer eveningson the bank. But on the other hand we may lookfor an extra half-hour in bed in the morning,when we don't have to fetch the water before wego to school. In Wigtownshire I watchedtwo very small children with a pony-cart,filling great milk cans from a spring by theroadside. They beganbefore seven o'clock inthe morning, handing up a jug at a time, and ittook them nearly an hour to complete their cargo.I am not defending the drought, though it wasthe cause of some worthy new habits and customsamong us.see the rain when itThe truth is that we were all glad tocame on the morning whenwe reached Stranraer, even farmers with half