Ray Bradbury. Dandelion wine (№ 116814)

A great miracle - lawn mower, said to myself grandpa. What fool invented new year starts on first of January? Had to put a sentinel to guard the growth of grass on millions of lawns, Illinois, Ohio or Iowa - and as you will notice that it is ripe for harvest that same morning, instead of fireworks, fanfares and cries of let the great stormy Symphony of mowers, cutting fresh herbs in the vast meadow expanses. The one day of the year which really marks the beginning, people ought to leave each other no confetti and no streamers, as handfuls of freshly cut grass.