The Lombardy Poplar 



A Kindergarten Story 



By Margery B. Loughran 



TIME — SPRING 



Introduction 



How wide-awake you 

 are this morning, chil- 

 dren! Come with me 

 and visit a tree that is 

 just waking up from its 

 long sleep. Did you know 

 that some of our trees 

 sleep all winter ? I know 

 a tree that is just stretch- 

 ing and trying very hard 

 to wake up just as you 

 do in the morning. Come 

 and let us listen to what 

 it has to say to us. 



Here is our friend a 

 Lombardy Poplar. See 

 how tall and straight, 

 just like a soldier. Let 

 me see you all standing 

 straight and tall just like 

 this Lombardy Poplar. 

 We may call this our 

 soldier tree because it 

 stands so straight and 

 tall. 



I think the tree is 

 talking in its sleep for 

 it says : ' ' Do you think 

 I am dead because you 

 see no leaves? I am 

 only asleep; just look 

 for my pointed buds! 

 There are my leaves 

 all folded awav and 



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