—Four years and a half or three-quarters was he—
"Say! What kind of a tree is a Chrissermus-tree?"
And the while they discoursed, as his wonder grew',
With questions like these he followed them through:
"Does it have big branches that spread all around?
Do its roots stay deep down in the dark ground?
Does it grow, grow, grow, way up very high?
If you climb to the top will your head bump the sky?
Do any plums grow on it, or apples, or cherries?
Or any good nuts, or pretty red berries?