The delight of spring...

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An excerpt:

     "This is fine!" he said to himself. "This is better than whitewashing!" The sunshine struck hot on his fur, soft breezes caressed his heated brow, and after the seclusion of the cellarage he had lived in so long the carol of happy birds fell on his dulled hearing almost like a shout. Jumping off all his four legs at once, in the joy of living and the delight of spring without its cleaning, he pursued his way across the meadow till he reached the hedge on the further side.

~ from The Wind in the Willows,

written by Kenneth Grahame

Going outside to enjoy a beautiful spring day is definitely better than whitewashing (or any other kind of cleaning)! :)