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“Moose And The Volunteers”

Series 2 Book 5: by Ray Perseghin, Sara K Enterprises, ©All Rights Reserved

Midsummer days are long and bright,

And snowman looks a weary sight.

His eyes both droop, his smile sags.

His coat is even torn to rags.

He tries his best to stand real tall,

As daytime sun just makes him small.

Moose and his friends are not around.

They took a trip down to the town.

And as they watched the children play,

The boy and girl had this to say.

“Today is the day to volunteer

To help our friends both far and near.

Collecting things to help them out.”

And then they heard someone else shout,

“Now everybody follow me,

And pick up all the things you see

The people stack at their front door.

Then bring it here and go for more.”

So people pulled their sleds around

Collecting things all through the town.

And soon the pile began to grow

As sleds were pulled across the snow.

Boxes filled with cans and food

And even clothes, just slightly used.

The friends just watched as all the while

The work was done as people smiled.

Moose said, “It seems their having fun,

While all the work is getting done.

Because they all are pitching in

To help, so everybody wins.”

Then back to snowman’s hill they went

And saw the snowman’s body bent.

Geese said, “Poor snowman needs help too,

But we need more than me and you.

What if we asked for volunteers

From all our friends both far and near?

And then we all could gather snow

To help the snowman grow and grow.”

So out they ran and swam and flew,

As more help came and snowman grew.

And even bigger than before

The snowman’s smile returned once more.

Then as his hat was placed on top

All of the work came to a stop.

Moose said, “Wow! Look what we have done.

We all worked hard, but it was fun.”

Bears said, “It makes us all feel good.

But really, moose, you knew it would.

Whenever we can help a friend

We are the winners in the end.”

Now snowman tall and shining bright

Just smiled as day slipped into night.