I think the trees and plants went into a kind of shock when the rain first returned. I mean, they didn't know what to do. It felt cool and wet, but what if they tried to drink it, to absorb it, to enjoy it - and it suddenly stopped? So they held out a while, frowning dourly as the rain came down around them, striking the hardened earth.
There were a few days of sunshine, and then storm clouds returned, with more steady, plentiful rain.
This time they drank. They stretched their limbs and leaves upward to the sky.
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