CLUES > THREE GET SHORT MILE RISE GROUND WINTER RAIN CAUSE LAST PLACE

Firemen had been fighting forest fire for nearly weeks before they could it under control. A time before, great trees covered the countryside for around. Now, smoke still up from the warm over the desolate hills. was coming on and hills threatened the surrounding with destruction, for heavy would not only wash the soil but would serious floods as well. the fire had at been put out, the authorities ordered several tons a special type of -seed that would grow quickly. seed was sprayed over ground in huge quantities aeroplanes. The planes had planting seeds for nearly month when it began rain. By then, however, many places the grass already taken root. In of the great trees had been growing there centuries, patches of green begun to appear in blackened soil.

162 / 32 / 11
PASS = 22
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