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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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The ground is cracked
    because there is no rain in the land;(A)
the farmers are dismayed
    and cover their heads.
Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.(B)
Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(C)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”(D)

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