The afternoon was gray. Without was rain.
Within I kept 2 children company.
Observing we could make a paper chain,
first 6 endorsed, approved by almost-3.
We found some colored paper in 5 shades,
a roll of tape and scissors I could use
(to cut effectively took grownup blades),
and then we sat to labor and amuse.

Scotch tape dispenser was my job to do.
He governed paper strips and dealt them round.
She giggle-garlanded as linkage grew.
Then all together we festooned, and wound
the longest chain we’d ever formed before.
So now the tree will stand a few days more.