The leaves had a party one autumn day,
and invited the North Wind bold;
they put on their dresses of crimson and brown,
with their borders splashed with gold.

At first they danced to a merry tune,
but the North Wind whirled them round;
and tossed them roughly to and fro,
till they fell upon the ground.

And when kind old Dame Winter came,
she pitied the tired leaves so;
she laid them gently on the grass,
and covered them over with snow.

Alice C. D. Riley

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