Maple Sugar Time

The girls had gathered some tools and all their pails, and had gone outside, so I decided to go see
what they were up to. Imagine my surprise when I found them around the maple tree out front.

"What are you girls doing??"

"Getting maple syrup of course! When the snow starts to melt, the sap in the trees starts to run up
the trunk, and it's time to stick taps into the tree to get the sap to make syrup."

Each of the girls was intently watching their pail to see if any sap was dripping into it yet. But nothing was happening.

"I don't know if that's the right kind of maple tree, or if it's old enough to tap.
Anyway, it's way too dangerous for you all up there! "

"Come down right away, and we'll go to a real sugar bush."

So they went to a "real sugar bush", where Elin was fascinated by the dripping sap, and Nami and Byuri helped empty collection pails.

Maple Sugar Time

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