MAKING MAPLE SUGAR. Let s go down in the wood-lot, said John to his little brotherTim, one day, and tap a tree and make maple sugar. I cant findthe gimlet, but I Ve got a big nail and the hammer. So down they went. John pounded the nail into a tree, and … pulled it out again, till he had made quite a hole. Then he made alittle wooden spout for the sap to run in, and hung his pint kettleupon it. By to-morrow, said he, that kettle ought to be full of sweetsap, a lot nicer than any honey the bees ever thought of. MAKING MAPLE SUGAR. 0, cried Tim, I…
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