Arrange the jumbled sentences to make a meaningful paragraph.

A. But others have taken on the distinctive yellow of straw that is ready to be harvested.

B. In Patiala, this step is still some time away, as the fires attest.

C. Some of the rice stalk are still a couple of feet high and green.

D. About 200 km northwest of Patiala, in Amritsar — from where the monsoon winds recede earlier - the fields have already been harvested and readied for the winter crop.

E. The highway to Bibipur, a hamlet about 50 km from Patiala town, cuts through acres of paddy.