for days t on t smasrees s, black branches, and chunks of snow fell down.

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

tc grehe woodpile.

“cant 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 tucking 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 in great, 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 snoe it.

“ a sugar snoo explain now. o grandpas.

grandpa lived far arees ogetood at tc and strong, c and pos made great tracks in t snocill of sighe woods.

it e before niged t.

“; 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 crinkled edges.

“bite it,“ said pa, and winkled.

eac off one little crinkle, and it . it crumbled in t ter even tmas candy.

“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.