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The pond was 'live with boys and girls,
all movin"to and froe

Wesat down on. a log nearby, and Grandpa
watched them go.

"HUrry with your skates, Grandpa. Do
a trick or two."

"What's that? Oh, yes. Go 'long, son,
I'll catch up with you."

I glided 'round and told. the boys to watch
when Grandpa skated.

They were in far thrills. I knew. from
WM t Grandpa related.

The stage was set and some of us perched.
an old logs were waitin' •

''!'would be a super-duper show. "cause
'Grandpa would be skatin'.

He rose kind of awkwardly, and reached. the
big pond's brink r

Then straightening his majestic farm,
Grandpa stepped. upon the rink.

As he lifted up his left foot to make the
sta:rtin' stride.

Quite suddenly the other one also had
replied!

And now he was on his back, so flattened
out.

This wasn't like the figures he had
told me, all about.

I skated over to him to help him to his
feet.

"Just a practice fall, that's all. D1.cin·t
you think it neat?"