Suggestive programs for special day exercises/Arbor Day/Which shall It be
WHICH SHALL IT BE?
First boy—
If we are all to choose and say
What trees we’d like to plant to-day,
Seems to me none can be
Half so good as a Christmas tree!
For surely even a baby knows
That’s where the nicest candy grows.
Candy on a Christmas tree,
That's what pleases me!
Second boy—
:Planted out, ’twould never bear—
But, after all, why should we care?
The richest thing is what we bring
From sugar maples in the spring;
So now I’ll set a maple here.
For feast and frolic every year.
Sugar from a maple tree.
That's what pleases me!
Third boy—
Sweets are good most any day,
But as for trees, I’m bound to say.
A shag-bark tall is best of all
When once the nuts begin to fall;
And so a hickory tree I’ll set.
And piles of fun and nuts I’ll get.
Nuts from a hickory tree.
That’s what pleases me!
Fourth boy—
I shall plant an apple tree.
That’s the best of all for me;
And each kind to suit my mind,
On this one with grafts I’ll bind.
Ripe or green, the whole year through,
Pie or dumpling, bake or stew,
Every way I like ’em best,
And I’ll treat the rest.
—Youths’ Companion.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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