StNicholas [serial] . FAVORITE PLACE IN WINTER. BY FRED STEARNES, AGE 14. (GOLD BADGE.) 560 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. [April,. BY VIOLA BEERBOHM TREE, AGE 15. (SILVER BADGE.) In May and June t is different, For, being warm and dry,It s very hard indeed to make A tempting cake or pie. But April is just full of dough, All wet and ready-made;It only needs to be stirred up And patted with a spade. There s lots and lots of chocolate A-lying all around —You find it mostly in the road, Or piled up on the ground. You make it into caramels And fudge and nice brown cake, And if you put it in the sunRight qui
StNicholas [serial] . FAVORITE PLACE IN WINTER. BY FRED STEARNES, AGE 14. (GOLD BADGE.) 560 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. [April,. BY VIOLA BEERBOHM TREE, AGE 15. (SILVER BADGE.) In May and June t is different, For, being warm and dry,It s very hard indeed to make A tempting cake or pie. But April is just full of dough, All wet and ready-made;It only needs to be stirred up And patted with a spade. There s lots and lots of chocolate A-lying all around —You find it mostly in the road, Or piled up on the ground. You make it into caramels And fudge and nice brown cake, And if you put it in the sunRight quickly it will bake. So when she comes around again, With all her rain and sun,We 11 welcome her right merrily — Old April and her fun ! AN APRIL DAY IN VERMONT. BY HELEN J. RIPLEY (AGE 14).* On the ground the leaves are lying,Faded, ragged, brown, and dead, And the somber pines are sighingSadly, softly overhead. Here and there the snow is clinging; Just a month ago were ringing Sleigh-bells; now the birds are singing,From the sunny southland led. Though the sun is shining brightly In the cloudless turquoise sky,Y
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