No — one single season all year round would not be good, however much we like it. Each season gives us something the others cannot, and the change itself is what keeps everything alive and growing.
Sample answer: When the season changes I feel excited. The first rain after the long summer smells wonderful and everybody runs out into it. The first cold morning means quilts and gajak. The first warm day after winter means I can go out without a sweater. But I would not want any one season to stay all year. If it were summer for twelve months the ponds and wells would dry up, the crops would burn and there would be no water left to drink. If it rained all year the crops would rot in the fields and roads would stay flooded. If it were winter all year nothing would ripen and we would have no mangoes at all. I like the seasons because each one brings its own fruit, its own festival and its own kind of fun — and because after a few months of each, I am ready for the next one.
| If this season stayed all year… | What would be nice | What would go wrong |
|---|---|---|
| Summer | Long days, holidays, mangoes, swimming | Ponds and wells would dry up. Crops would fail. There would be no water for drinking, cooking or farming. |
| Monsoon | Everything green, plenty of water, no heat | Crops would rot. Floods would not stop. Clothes would never dry. Illnesses spread by dirty water would increase. |
| Winter | Cool air, no sweating, sound sleep | Rice and mangoes need heat to grow — there would be none. Very poor people would suffer badly in the cold. Fog would stop trains and buses. |