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Night Tree
by Eve Bunting
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A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmas time.

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The tree in the meadow stands all alone,/ With fir-needle leaves and tiny cones,/ One family comes when the night is still,/ To decorate the tree for the animals fill./ Tangerines, apples, millet, seeds with honey,/ Strings of popcorn and berries cost little money./ The tree is lovely in Dad's lantern-light,/ "Oh, please, dear animals, come tonight./ But if they don't, we've completed our mission./ This tree is our gift to them, our yearly tradition." My poetic review provides the gist for a gem of a Christmas book . It may inspire your family to begin a special yearly tradition. 1995 (orig.