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Listen, can you hear it? Spring's sweet cantata. The strains of grass pushing through the snow. The song of buds swelling on the vine. The tender timpani of a baby robin's heart. Spring.
-- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, "Wake Up Call", 1992

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