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Nature has always been a favorite theme for poets. Storms and adventures on the sea have inspired them to write stirring verses. Great forests have led them to write solemn songs. Mountains and valleys, hills and meadows, too, have given them inspiration. And indeed, can you find anyone who would not be thrilled by the beauties of nature, who would not be stirred by the charms of shape, color and motion? 

I think everyone enjoys being out in the country. There is a great charm about gathering berries or looking for mushrooms in the silence of the wood. Perhaps you enjoy sauntering in the fields or rambling through the sweet-scented woods where as you move along you stop now and then to admire the white-stemmed birch trees or some blossoming shrubs. You may like climbing hills or following strange trails or looking for unusual plants. At the top of each hill, at each turn in the trail you come upon something new, something unexpected. 

Perhaps you prefer watching insects, animals or birds. You may watch lines of busy animals as they carry bits of food to their home, or bees as they hover over flowers. The more you observe, the more you come to know about the beauty of the world around you, and you find a new interest in trees and flowers, fields and valleys and in the animals of the forest.

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