The sentences given below are all part of a paragraph but do not necessarily fall in the order that they are in. The first and the last sentences of the paragraph are given. Choose the option that arranges these sentences to form a meaningful paragraph. Ranji had been less than a month in Rajpur when he discovered the pool in the forest.
A. And, having as yet made no friends in this semi-hill station, he wandered about a good deal by himself.
B. It was the height of summer, and his school had not yet opened.
C. It was hot, very hot, at that time of year, and Ranji walked about in his vest and shorts, his brown feet white with the chalky dust that flew up from the ground.
D. He took walks into the hills and forests that stretched away interminably on all sides of the town.
The earth was parched, the grass brown, the trees listless, hardly stirring, waiting for a cool wind or a refreshing shower of rain.