Green Apple Acrostic

G stands for green apples that grow on a tree,

R stands for Rodger who ate two or three;

E stands for Edward who also was there

E ating green apples without any care.

N stands for Nellie who found them alas,

A ll doubled and twisted with pain in the grass;

P stands for papa, with no time to waste,

P ut off for the doctor in terrible haste.

L stands for living, for still they remain,

E ach little boy, now free from his pain,

S oon to be eating green apples again.

July 9, 1904