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/^t/Nowadays, more and more people seem to perceive and appreciate another difference between the country and the city - the healthier way of life. The air people breathe in cities is polluted by smoke and fumes from factories and motor vehicles. Those, who are aware of the danger connected with the pollutants try to hide themselves in the country and get some fresh air. Living in the country is not so stressful as living in the city. Countrymen seem to be closer to the nature. The four seasons mark their way of life. In spring, they are busy sowing corn and vegetables, in summer and autumn they collect the fruits of their work, in winter they seem to sleep bracing themselves up for the spring awakening. Big cities are not so favourable for people who do not have time for winter sleep, being constantly in a hurry. They hasten to catch a bus, do shopping, take children out of the kindergarten or school. No wonder, they often dream about countryside with meadows strewn with cornflowers and poppies, about fields full of wheat or barley, about murmuring streams, peaceful woods and pure air.