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Answer the following question.
In this universe, rain performs many functions. What are those?
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Solution
In the universe the rain performs many functions. It is sent by Nature to adorn its fields apd valleys and gardens. Hills laugh, flowers rejoice and all are elated when it rains. The rain quenches the thirst of fields and relieves the clouds of their heaviness of vapours. It embraces flowers and trees in a million little ways.
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