On a rainy day docx

Some of my classmates rushed out to play in the rain refreshing themselves with the cool air and rain... Talk about a slow train journey.. It passed through farming country and it mainly

On a rainy day

This year, the summer season was unduly long and

extremely hot compared to past years The average

temperature was between 25 degrees and 34 degrees

Celsius Adding to the misery, the water consumption was

rising daily, sending an alarming hue and cry from the

authorities The schools had re-opened The scorching

sun and the stifling heat made our school life

uncomfortable

One morning, just when the classes started, there was a

sudden darkness We saw threatening black clouds

gathered in the sky There were vivid flashes of lighting

too Suddenly it started to rain In the beginning, it was

only a drizzle; but soon the drizzle turned into a heavy

downpour

The rain continued for hours We regretted not bringing

our umbrellas Some of my classmates rushed out to play

in the rain refreshing themselves with the cool air and rain

The rain slowly receded and we all rushed out

The plight of the bus commuters was of course pitiable

Buses was late and overcrowded Some of my friends

decided to take a walk in the cool weather instead of

standing in the long queue

Nearing home, I saw children playing with paper boats in

the pool of water outside our center court yard

It is exhilarating to watch pouring rain and even more

exhilarating to play in it However, I was happy to be home

and to be relieved of my wet clothes

Talk about a slow train journey

There is only train plying from X to Y, I had no other

choice The line is a narrow gauge It passed through

farming country and it mainly carried farm produce,

although passengers were often using it too At every

station on the way to be loaded and unloaded involving

much shunting which took a lot of time It took nearly four

hours for a distance of 60 km

I traveled once by that train At first I could not believe that

a train (in this age) could go so slowly I had to put up with

it The train moved at a snail’s pace and one could almost

get down and get back on it I did not try it because it was

not safe for such foolhardy experiments

The train stopped to pick up baskets of eggs, hens,

vegetables and other farm produce Naturally, those who

traveled by this wonderful train were farm workers moving

either form one estate to another or going to town for a

change The train was not clean The familiar sights of

newspaper and magazines were not found at the stations

The stations on the way were manned by a skeleton staff,

the station master and the pointsman doing all the duties

There are only two trains for the whole day and life to

them is boring

The journey was interesting for me and I got down

whenever the train stopped to load or unload There was

no milling crowd of color I could see There was not even

a soft beverage to drink I could see How they shunted the

wagons It was interesting to see the people who came to

take their goods There were all sorts of baskets, hampers

and baggages One of the loading was done, the train

would start again and go on

Since the train ran through farming country I could see

farms all the way, with their gardens, poultry, cattlesheds

and granary I couldn’t see any tall building I could see a

calf looking with fear at the streaming train: a half of naked

boy goggling at the passing train and people engaged in

the farming activities