FOR days t on t smasrees s, black branches, and ks of snow fell down.

        ter from trees. t glitter; it looked soft and tired. Urees it ted wtling.

        tc grehe woodpile.

        "t I go out to play, Ma?" Laura asked, and Ma said:

        "May, Laura.”

        "May I go out to play?" she asked.

        "You may tomorro; Ma promised.

        t nig tug anot over her.

        "Snuggle close to Mary," Ma said, "and youll get warm.”

        In tove, but    t, trees t lay in mounds along top of tood up i, op of te-posts.

        Pa came in, s sno from s.

        "Its a sugar sno; he said.

        Laura put ongue quickly to a little bit of te sno lay in a fold of        on ongue, like any s.

        " a sugar snoo explain now.    o Grandpas.

        Grandpa lived far arees ogetood at td strong, d pos made great tracks in t snocill    of sighe woods.

        It e before    .

        ";    to Ma, and t ts he door.

        "If Id met a bear," ;I couldnt     dropping my load." t;And if Id dropped t bucket and bundle, I    o s ood and c hem and lick his chops.”

        Ma un was full of dark brown syrup.

        "; Pa said, and tle round package out of .

        took off ttle, ifully kled edges.

        "Bite it," said Pa, and winkled.

        Eac off otle kle, and it . It crumbled in t ter even tmas dy.

        "Maple sugar," said Pa.

        Supper tle maple sugar cakes beside tes, heir bread.

        After supper, Pa took t before told t    Grandpas, and the sugar snow.

        "All er, Pa said, Grandpa s and little trouge as give a bad taste to the maple syrup.

        "to make troug out little sticks as long as my    tick    one     stick,    one end. t, and tled ill it    part of tick    ill it tle trough.

        "en nes.    o move in trees.

        "t into t ree, and tle trougo t a cedar bucket on t end.

        "tree. It es up from, ts, o tip of eaake the green leaves grow.

        "ell, ree, it ran out of tree, dotle trougo t.”

        "O it    tree?" Laura asked.

        "No more t s you ; said Pa.

        "Every day Grandpa puts on s and    and    into tree to tree aies ts into t to a big irole, t imber betrees.

        "ies t into ttle. ttle, and tc carefully. t be    enougo keep t not    enougo make it boil over.

        "Every fees t be skimmed. Grandpa skims it    s too , Grandpa lifts ladlefuls of    back slotle and keeps it from boiling over. " enougs er t, il it grains w in a saucer.

        "tant to t all out from bele. t as o t are standing ready. In turns to cakes of hard, brole sugar.”

        "So ts ; Laura asked.

        "No", Pa said. "Its called a sugar snoime of year means t men    make more sugar. You see, ttle cold spell and trees, and t makes a longer run of sap.

        " means t Grandpa    make enougo last all takes o too trade for mucore sugar.    only a little store sugar, to able when pany es.”

        "Grandpa must be glad t; Laura said.

        "Yes," Pa said, "o sugar off agai Monday, and    all e,”

        Pas blue eyes t, and o Ma:

        "herell be a dance!”

        Ma smiled. Se.    Oh, Charles! she said.

        t on    s on smiling. S;Ill wear my delaine.”

        Mas delaine dress iful. It tle pattern all over it t looked like ripe stra, in t    to thes.

        t    s to t touciful dark red buttons t butto, and sly t in ttle criss-cross stitches.

        It sant a dance o iful delaine dress. Laura and Mary ed. tions about til at last he said:

        "Noo bed! Youll kno t. I o put a nering on my fiddle.”

        ticky fingers and s mouto be ime Laura and Mary rundle bed, Pa and t time    on the floor:

        “Im Captain Jinks of ten go beyond my means,    For Im Captain Jinks of tain in the army!”
请记住本书首发域名：966xs.com。966小说手机版阅读网址：wap.966xs.com