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in a trice : very quickly,, , Rm, Read the poem i ina yay’, , om, , My grandmother was i, genius. You'd like to kn«, Because she could climb trees. Spreading oF high, ar, , Ever since childhood, she’d had this gift, For being happier in a tree than in a lift; 6, , oe as years went by, she would be told, : . = bing trees should stop when one grew old“4 - growing old should be gone about gr: acefullyie laugh and say, ‘Well I'll grow disgracefully, I can do it better’, And we had to agree; :, For in all the garden there wasn’t a ee 12, , She hadn’t been up, at one time or another, , [Having learned to climb from a loving brother, , when she was six] but it was feared by all, , That one day she’d have a terrible fall., , The outcome was different-while we were in town, , She climbed a tree and couldn’t come down. 18, , After the rescue,, , The doctor took Granny’s temperature and said,, , ‘I strongly recommend a quiet week in bed’., , We sighed with relief and tucked her up well., , Poor Granny! For her, it was like a brief season in hell., Confined to her bedroom, while every breeze, , Whispered of summer and dancing leaves. 24, , But she had held her peace till she felt stronger., Then she sat up and said, T'll lie here no longer!’, And she called for my father and told him undaunted, That a house in a treetop was what she now wanted., My dad knew his duties. He said, That’s all right, | have what you want, dear. Tl start work tonight.’ 30, , You, , Sutcome : what actually happened ; hold ones’s peace: keep quiet,, , undaunted : without hesitation., , Dees ke SS