Surprise
By Florence Boutwell
"It's snowing!" cried Mindy.

"It snowed in the night

On the streets and the houses—

The whole world is white!"

She pulled on her snowsuit,

Her mittens and cap,

Her boots and her warmest

Cold-weather wrap.

She ran out the door,

Catching snow on her nose,

Her lashes and tongue,

In the folds of her clothes.

She tumbled in snowdrifts

And tried out her sled,

Clumped the first tracks

From her house to the shed.

Oh, isn't it glorious!

What a delight!

To wake up and find

That it snowed in the night!

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