Introduction
We count six seasons in India. Summer season is one of them. It is the hot season. It rules over May and June.
How it is caused
The earth moves round the sun. The part of it, which comes nearer the sun, gets the summer season. Because here the sun’s rays are straight and direct.
Advantages
In summer, everything is neat and clean. The earth is dry. Hence, there is no mud or marsh. Ways and paths are open to every place. Mangoes ripe in summer. We get plenty of mangoes. We get jack-fruits and pineapples. The shady groves of mango and palm trees are cool and beautiful. The cuckoo has not yet ceased to sing her music. The grass-hoppers make their merry dance on the cool blades of grass.
In summer, the days are long. Hence we get more time to work. Evening in summer comes last. So, the school-children got more time to play.
The summer flowers bloom in the evening. All the night, they spread their sweet smell. The summer sky is clear and blue. Hence, the moon beams bright.
Summer causes the rainy season. Because it evaporated water and stores the vapours in the atmosphere. These vapours turn into clouds and fall as rain.
Disadvantages
At mid-day in summer, people suffer from a terrible heat. The weak and the old men die of sun-strokes. People feel tired and thirsty. Their bodies perspire. Sweat comes out and the flows down their bodies. They feel restless. Summer-boils trouble the children.
Tanks and wells go dry; so also rivers and canals. People do not get good water to drink. Dogs pant with their tongues flowing. Trees go bald and creepers fade away. Grasses dry off. So, cows do not get the pasture. All suffer from scarcity of water. Mid-day is very hot. The dumb cattle lie in groves. The silent birds hide in their Rests. The weary travelers are parched by the scorching rays of the sun. They rest under the wayside trees.
Conclusion
Summer is the first in the order of the seasons. It gives rise to four months of rain. Hence, we cannot blame it. Let us pay our due homage to summer.
