i did first meet sara chickering

when i had comings here last year

to be a fresh air girl in vermont.

vermont is a nice place.

they have wiggle fish.

that is what i did tell daddy in new york

when i had comings back to him.

i did ask daddy

to have our livings in vermont with sara chickering

for keeps.

but daddy did say no.

so i made a long walk all by myself.

i did follow the train tracks and

pretty quick daddy did have comings after me.

sara chickering made two rooms to be for us

in her big farmhouse

with her dog jerry.

we have sitting every night at the round table, next to the hot stove.

and i do catch the wiggle fish through

a hole sara chickering does make in the ice.

daddy gives helps when

sara chickering has needs for extra big hands.

but daddy is a shoe man. he has shoe knowings.

my friend sara chickering, she has knowings of all things else.