Punxsutawny Phil doesn't see his shadow, meaning an early spring is on the way.
"He surveyed his surroundings carefully and found that there was no shadow around," a member of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle announced
Bill Deeley The existence of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and The Great Pumpkin is debated every year by great minds and sidewalk philosophers. But without fail, every year since February 2, 1887, Punxsutawney Phil has emerged from his burrow on Gobbler's Knob to face very cold human beings. According to legend, if the world-famous Pennsylvania groundhog sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not, there will be an early spring.
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Punxsutawney Phil has spoken: we shall have six more weeks of winter.
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