220 ARBOR DAY 



HOW TO MAKE A WHISTLE 



ANONYMOUS 



FIRST take a willow bough, 

 Smooth, and round, and dark, 



And cut a little ring / 



Just through the outside bark. 



Then tap and rap it gently, 

 With many a pat and pound, 



To loosen up the bark, 

 So it may turn around. 



Slip the bark off carefully, 

 So that it will not break, 



And cut away the inside part, 

 And then a mouth-piece make. 



Now put the bark all nicely back, 

 And in a single minute, 



Just put it to your lips 

 And blow the whistle in it. 



THE FOREST* 



BY HENRY D. THOREAU 



From The Maine Woods 



WHO shall describe the inexpressible tenderness 

 and immortal life of the grim forest, where Nature, 



*By permission of the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 



