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There has been no rain anywhere.
    The ground is breaking apart.
The farmers too are very upset.
    They hide their faces in their hands.
There is no grass in the fields for the deer to eat.
    So the mother deer runs away from her new baby.
Wild donkeys stand on the empty hills.
    They breathe very fast, like thirsty jackals.
Their eyes hurt as they look for grass,
    but there is no food for them to eat.’

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