winter days and winter nights

the first snow came and the bitter cold

every morning paw took his gun and his

traps and was gone

all day in the big woods setting the

small traps for muskrats and mink

a

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christmas

christmas was coming the little log

house was almost

buried in snow great drifts were banked

against the walls and windows

and in the morning when paul opened the

door there was a wa

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sundays

now the winter seemed long laura

and mary began to be tired of staying

always in the house

especially on sundays the time went so

slowly

every sunday mary and laura were dressed

from the skin

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two big bears

then one day paw said that spring was

coming

in the big woods the snow was beginning

to thaw

bits of it dropped from the branches of

the trees and made little holes in the

softening snow

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the sugar snow

for days the sun shone and the weather

was

warm there was no frost on the windows

in the mornings

all day the icicles fell one by one from

the eaves with soft smashing and

crack

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the deer in the wood

the grass was dry and withered and the

cows must be taken out of the woods

and kept in the barn to be fed all the

bright colored leaves became dull brown

when the cold fall

rains

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dance at grandpa's

monday morning everybody got up early in

a hurry to get started to grandpa's

paul wanted to be there to help with the

work of gathering

and boiling the sap ma would help

grandma and

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harvest

paw and uncle henry traded work

when the grain got ripe in the fields

uncle henry came to work with paul

and aunt paulie and all the cousins came

to spend the day

then paul went to help uncle

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going to town

after the sugar snow had gone spring

came birds sang in the leafing hazel

bushes along the crooked rail fence

the grass grew green again and the woods

were

full of wildflowers buttercups

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harvest

paw and uncle henry traded work

when the grain got ripe in the fields

uncle henry came to work with paul

and aunt paulie and all the cousins came

to spend the day

then paul went to help uncle

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