x ARBOR DAY 



For some reason the work was all in vain, for 

 the seed never came up. Perhaps the acorns were 

 laid too deep, or it might have been that the tramp- 

 ing of so many feet had packed the earth too firmly. 

 Whatever the cause, the acorns refused to sprout, 

 and the townspeople sowed the same ground with 

 rye and oats, and after the harvest they tried the 

 acorn planting again this time in anothbi'way - 

 by plowing the soil and sowing the acorns in the 

 furrows. But again the " great oaks" refused to 

 grow; grass came up instead, and the people were 

 disappointed. But an oak grove they were deter- 

 mined to have, so after this second failure a few wise 

 men put their heads together and decided to gain 

 the desired result by transplanting. A day was 

 appointed in October, and the whole community, 

 men, women, and children, marched to the woods, 

 dug up oak saplings, and transplanted them on the 

 common. At the close of the exercises each girl 

 and boy was presented with a roll, and in the evening 

 the grown people had a merry feast in the town hall. 



This time the trees grew. The people of Brugg 

 were pleased and satisfied, and instituted the day 

 of tree-planting as a yearly holiday. 



Every year as the day came around the children 

 formed in line and marched to the oak grove, 

 bringing back twigs or switches, thus proving that the 

 oaks were thriving, and every year at the close of 

 the parade the rolls were distributed to be eaten in 



