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**by Meagan Harding**
 * Stowe, Vermont**

Mt. Mansfield has snow as fine as sprinkled sugar I look at my map and it’s filled with lots of trails Green Circles, Blue Squares and Black Diamonds Whirlaway trail was my favorite

I raced down the mountain like an Olympic alpine racer I ski on the bumps and my knees were like springs When I got to the gondola I went to the top I had my favorite treat A hot waffle drizzled in chocolate That tastes and smells like a peace of heaven

Meagan Harding March 9, 2011

**__Saltopus__**

1910 there was a discovery A saltopus skeleton found in a sandstone quarry Fossils tell us many interesting things His hind legs jump like a kangaroo He is two feet tall like a small round green ball **A feather** and a lizard like fellow He is one of the oldest dinosaurs Well-known, like the ice cream cone A **Lightening bolt**, he ran but likely not as fast as you can **He made mincemeat** of small animals and tasty insects Limited information, we yearn to learn more About this ancient old miniature carnivore

Snow time Meagan Harding

The snow was grumpy like an old man how just had his birthday It was nipping at your feet like a new puppy It was dancing with the wind The snow was howling like a wolf, on a night with a full moon. The snow was as calm as a cool clam As soft as a plump pillow It was as white as a cloud As slow as a slug But this snow has to go! It needs to be dry. So we can have time to mess around, in the snow that has been calling our name The sparkly snow wants us to play a game

Waterfall Meagan Harding Watch the waterfall weep, as it flows down stream. The smell of the fresh mountain air enters your nose and lingers in your mouth, fresh and clean. Shimmering, glistening, glimmering, gleaming. Let it go off course as it slides off the mountain range. Crashing, splashing, tumbling-- into sharp rocks and jagged edges. Waiving goodbye to the waterfall as it     washes the animals feet. Waterfall smooth, calm, nice-- just waiting to crash again. Watching as the orange sun goes down, the waterfall creeps up again.