• While walking through the woods one day,
    I saw my own eyes,
    Mr. Autumn peering back,
    Boy was I surprised!

    “Shhh!” said Mr. Autumn,
    Whispering through the trees.
    “Don’t tell Mrs. Summer,
    “That I’m painting all the leaves.”

    “And you can’t say a single word”
    Said Mr. Autumn in my face,
    “To the sun about me moving him,
    “Out of his regular place.”

    “So you’re the reason the leaves go red,
    “And yellow and even brown!”
    “And also the reason why,
    “The temperature goes down!”

    “Now listen here you silly child,
    “And listen very well,
    Mr. Autumn yelled at me,
    “This secret you mustn’t tell!”

    That very special day in the woods,
    Is one that I always shall see.
    For I never shall forget the day,
    Mr. Autumn talked to me.