Pearl Continues the Story

The most important thing
In the kitchen
Was a large green and silver
Wood burning stove,
With oven doors
Of a beautiful shade of green;
Almost like the color of tulip leaves
In the spring.
And the name of the stove,
MARVELOUS,

was written in bold letters,
On a silver panel
That ran across the front
Of two very large
Oven doors.

And soon the stove was making the kitchen warm

And it was then that the older brother

Began cooking the pancakes

Until they were of a beautiful golden color

And dripping with the butter they kept

In a grey and blue crock with a tight lid

So that it was always as fresh

As when the brothers had churned it;

And then the thick syrup

Made from the blueberries gathered

That very morning from the fields nearby.

The brothers put up some of the blueberries;

Jellies and preserves shimmering in glass jars,

To have during the long winter months.