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Bobsleds
Ringing bells
In the church
On the hill
Children on
Bobsleds,
Riding down
Oh
Sometimes,
I wish I was one of them
In their parkas
And fuzzy bobble hats
Ringing bells
In the church
On the hill
Children,
On bobsleds
Riding down
Wind,
Blowing in their hair
Oh., they just don't care
They go where they dare
And do, as they please
With their parkas
Fuzzy bobble hats
And woolen mittens
Snowmen and snowballs
Carrot nose, and ice fort
A charcoal frown face
And a corn cob pipe
The stove pipe hat
Goes blowing off in the wind
And the children
Chase it down,
The street
On their speedy bobsleds
And in their chase
They find an icy wonderland
Down the hill
From the church
They find an old cold wizard
Who teachers them
How to dig tunnels
In the snow,
They live like smooth faced dwarves
Bundled up like plush penguins
In their caverns
Smiling, giggling, dancing
They make swords
Out of icicles
And spar under the big pine tree
They tie their hat strings
To make helmets
And with extra coats
And sticks
They make flags for their empire
And as the sun sets
Their parents call them home
And they rest in their beds
With hot cocoa
And head filled with adventure
And they leave behind their fort,
Alone aside from their snowman sentry
Unguarded it stands
As they drag their bobsleds home,
The church bell rings eight.
----
In the morn'
They race through their breakfasts
And all the children dart to their coats
Off to the hilltop church
They meet
In their parkas
Fuzzy bobble hats
Warm wooly mittens
And scratchy scarves
Ringing bells
In the church
On the hill
Children,
On bobsleds
Riding down
Down, towards their empire
And they all stand
Mouths agape
Shocked and in horror
For, where the fort stood
There is nothing but a pile
Of snow
Flags toppled down,
Tunnels, crushed and collapsed
Their snowman sentry beheaded
And his nose nibbled into
Their stash in their snowball arsenal stolen
And beastly footsteps lead scrabbled
All over the fallen fort
And they lead to and from the forest
All of their jaws, on the floor
They take of their hats
And from the children steps forward a leader
He gives a rousing speech
Inspiring
And as he speaks and shouts
Slowly the flushed red returns
To the children's cheeks
As he finishes his speech
He raises an ice spear
And proposes a plan
Half of the children follow him into the woods,
The strongest and bravest
And half stay, and rebuild their fort
The more dexterous and clever
The hunters take their spears, slingshots and a dog into the woods
The builders get their shovels, and they summon the tall wizard
they trample through the forest, cold air inhaled into their lungs
as the builders dig, and build; exhaling hot steamy breath into the air
and the hunters are going in circles
as one of the fortress towers collapse
but the dog picks up the right trail
and the builders pick up their shovels, and keep building
The hunters come back,
Fruitless but determined,
Their faces scrunched,
But their eyes tired
From their
Game of pursuit
They return
And find a castle
In place of their collapsed fort
Bigger and more beautiful
Ornate, and carved and made of ice
Improved in every way
Right down to the front gate
And the tower defenses
Inside the fort they celebrate
And toast with hot chocolate
They dance and they smile
Even the wizard, who was too tall
But still stood in the courtyard
And they dance and skip about,
Until their parents called them home
And the church bell rung eight
They pull their bobsleds home
Faces smug and sure
That no one and nothing
Could touch their castle
----
In the morn'
They race through their breakfasts
And baths
To their coats
And out the door
But all the land was strange and green
And they dragged their bobsleds
Through the mucky, muddy grass
At the hilltop they met
And they walked down the hill
To the castle
But all that remained
Was a dirty pile of snow
In the wet green grass
And they stood
And kicked their feet anxiously
Thinking,
Of what to play next