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Now at the violet hour

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the

XOW,IT'S RAIT{ING
H. PANDIT e f.i"rra having read 'now of , 'Hot' and 'Cold daY' suggests ii,"i ,t "." oughl to be 'Now of
BY VAMAN

Lusic. Now the Yellow frogs welcome the black toad with their croackings. Now the gutters oS the city hurry down the dirt and

a Rainy DaY'. Now the attemP0 is set forth here rNow to begin with, it is raining in cat5 and dogs whatevdr lt mJans' Now the cormgated iroq roofs of houses play a rock-a-rolll

working girl skives homeward her way. Now she elimts to her room. Now she sups. Now bone-tircdl from lrer dey's lmrk, she lies oni' the sofa. Now she waits for her . Iover to eome. Now he comes, Now she smoothes her ha.ir with, her hands. Now she puts a retord

l:iRs'7AR.Trc ttr
FL,'{3List*t:D iAl

on the

gramog*rone.

filth in 4 chatter, chatter flow'

i r I ' ' ' : '

Y reverberating

Now the rolling clouds Pass bY in the sly high roaring like a lion,

txtx

in far, far

tions, wow &e sp rvith a rain of melocly, not ffguratively, indeedl Now thd
froli,cksome waterfalls dance heret

direcstreamlets swe}l

Now the futors get wet, Now tha class-roonrs get sodden rvith dripping clo*res and umbrellas. Now boy5 aud glrfu do dris misehief purposely. Now the Principal is informed. Now all the students gather round him. Now they face his irate red loo{<. Now they wlsh for day ofi due to heavy rains. No',v q,illy nilly he orders the peop ts ring the bell, Now the happy crowd ef boys and girls wade to

$o*

the students go to schools.

Ctarsr{ftN CauLtr(. t;
ln{rqAL iN
lsY

their homes

ln

txxx

wabt-deep water.
espe-

IqZZ

and there. Now the aain-gauge is brimmlng, Now it comforts us with a iaying, 'it never rains but it poun"

Now, lnside the offices,

cialily news-paper oftces> mateli with their counter pert raiu out.

side. Now there

,.tr., af

is the

clacking

Now

it is raining dlng, dong,

glee.

type-writers and tele-priaters

' i : ' '

ding. The urehin, let loose PaPerboats

matching
cacophony

Now the ldd&es PlaY in kneedeeP water naked' Nolt/ a telegraph messenger P*ddles bY onl the road covered with rain-proolsr from hea6 t6 foot to save hid
face. Now a motor car wizzes
bY

in

' pork aboul

with the bewildering of rainy. Now the editors are really showered with reheavy rain fall. Noq the weather forecast grimly eheers

. spleshing mud ard water. Now t the pedestrains run helter and . s&eiter to escap the shower of
mud.

all by declaring thti rainlall a:i normal. Now the rnemory runs back t6 know the data about rainfalls in *re years gone b1,.
Now the announcer at the broadcasting station tells about rairl in millimeters, instead of, so many'

naylon serl is Painted with wonderful designs that she could ilever have dreamt. Now th( ' water-c[rrier and water-carrying trucks of the civic body are out. Now the distant cloud-ca1>Ped

xtx'a Now a Young maid gets a muddy splash in haste' Now heS

inches. Now the

corresponelents

'

and the editor sera.tch thelr headC t6 turn the sum, Now there ls a flash of astonishment. Norv iil

comes the
wushed

reprt of a rail-track away. Now the trunk calls the editor. Now he puts the recelver to his ear. XXII
Now the poet summons his muse to come doun from yonder space, Now she ,rushes in thundering borrents. Now the pinter,s
catrvas is out, Nr:w his eye5 are ffiled. with a wide canvas to fulfil hi, dreams. Now the minister, not of church, meditates on his

[rills embrace the deep black str<y. Now one ses rows of umbrellas q1 the main road. Now the heaven and the earth literally sppearl
movlng

'

ip

darkness.

Now the scholsr keePs iadoors.

tune their wireless sets to listen to the music of thelr choice' Now the bride is. sprayed over wlth klsse5 in sPree, Now the hubbY is certain to Now the newly

u,eds

see a roinbow o!1 her

like'a irtary
machlue.

ffrst or second plan ts know whe'they thar have gone away wi*{

swee{

the *sa&.

cheelo. Now the old women cliek, cliek fi<nitting contlnue,s on her lap