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A Holiday
Offering
By Hope Louise Edwards Wills
READY FOR FALL IN THE FARMHOUSE
Summer was
winding down. It was
almost fall.
Fall on the
farm was never dull.
The farmhouse
was in a real
tizzy.
Fruits and
veggies to can kept
Fannie Farmer slightly dizzy.
Some things
would be frozen as
well,
Warm peach pie
was a favorite of
the Farmer in the Dell.
On a cold
winter night he would
ask, oh so nice,
For just
another little slice.
Fannie thought
blueberry crunch
cake was just right
For a cold
winter night.
And a pot of
green beans with ham
always tasted great,
After working
in a cold barn till
late.
The apples
would soon be ready to
pick,
But don’t eat
them green, they
might make you sick.
Apple pie
cobbler, dumplings,
sauce, butter and more,
Is what Fanny
thought as she
opened the cellar door.
Apples,
potatoes, turnips and
squash, what a sight.
And so good
when fixed just
right.
Fall was
coming to the barnyard,
too.
The leaves
would soon be a lovely
hue.
The barn loft
would be filled
with hay,
And the
temperature would be
dropping any day.
The animals
were getting ready
for snow and ice,
But were
dreaming of springtime.
Oh, so nice.
HW
ANOTHER
THANKSGIVING FOR TOM
TURKEY
By Hope Louise
Edwards Wills
Thomas
Turkey was strutting around the farm.
It
was almost Thanksgiving but he would come to no harm.
He
lived on a farm where all animals lived to old age
And
weren’t roasted in an oven stuffed with sage.
All
the farm animals were having Thanksgiving dinner with Paula Pig
And
for their entertainment she would dance a jig.
They
would be dining on Paula’s famous pumpkin veggie stew
And
she would have lots of biscuits, too.
All
her friends would be there, Harry Hound, Henrietta Hen to name a few.
And
who would forget the pup, Pom. I wouldn’t would you?
So
Tom was very happy
To
spend Thanksgiving with his farm family.
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