A Maple Sugar Day

You bring more wood,
we have to make it boil;
Grandpa always says,
"Good syrup's worth its toil!"

I think that this might be
the best season of them all;
For Grandma says we had,
“A most unusual Fall!”

Here comes Daddy’s sleigh,
with buckets loaded high;
Mommy told me she will bake,
“A maple sugar apple pie!”

When we finish here,
we have time for some fun;
Daddy says the pond is,
“Frozen tight as a drum!”

Winter is my favorite time,
at least it is today;
“Grab your skates! Let’s go!
I’ll race you all the way!”

Lora Frikken ~ 1-1-04

Written for the painting: Sugaring Off
by Grandma Moses