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harvest. sweaters. chilly. Sets. migrating. change. November. Farmers. Before.		red . orange. yellow. scarecrows . autumn. Season. Back.  October. Grapes.	Pumpkins. Corn. September . Country. foliage. ground. Coats. Crows.
Fall Fall, which is also called   ___autum________, is the ___season_________ when the leaves change_____________ color and fall to the _ground______________. In North America, it is also the season when kids head _____back_________ to school. The Weather Fall begins with warm weather in ___Septenber___________, but as the season continues into _October_____________ and November________________, the sun ___sets__________ earlier and earlier everyday and the weather becomes ______chilly_________. And so, people put away their shorts and t-shirts and take out their __sweaters____________ and coats_____________. The Harvest In fall, ______farmers______ are busy working in their fields. They have to _________harvest_____ their crops before the cold of winter comes. _____pumpkins_______, now big and orange, are ready for making pies. _______corn_______ quickly ripens on the cob. Wine makers pick their plump, juicy, purple ___grapes____________ from the vine. _scarecrowas______________ stand guard in the fields to keep the ______crows________ from stealing the crops _before_____________ the farmers can gather them.
	The Country If you are fortunate, you can visit the _country___________ in the fall and see the spectacular ____foliage__________ on the trees as the leaves change to _yellow____________, ___orange_________, brown, and ___red___________.  Overhead, birds are ___migrating____________, heading south to their winter homes.