One By One

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One by one the birds they fly

 
Two by two the geese fly too

 
Flakes they fall and lakes they freeze

 
River stop and animals sleep

Fungi finds a way up from the ground

 
Animals sing and make strange sounds 

Grow extra fur and extra fat

 
Find some food and dead grass

 
Walls of wood tell winters past 

Squirrels scurry and chipmunks hurry

 
And bears they feast and birds they flee

 
And plants all die except the bulb beneath

 
And bugs all hide inside deep sleep 

One by one the birds they fly

 
Two by two the geese fly too

 
Flakes they fall and lakes they freeze

 
Rivers stop and animals sleep 
 
One by one the leaves detach

 
Two by two the stems crash too

 
Three by three the trees grow dormant

 
Four by four the animals forage 

Fungi finds a way up from the ground

 
Animals sing and make strange sounds 

One by one the birds they fly

 
Two by two the geese fly too

 
Flakes they fall and lakes they freeze

 
Rivers stop and animals sleep