My First Pair of Hiking Boots

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Scarpa is the brand

from a little town called Wengen

right in the middle of the Swiss Alps

Daddy says they cost more than Mummy’s

Even more so than his own

 

It is a tough looking pair

in brown, beige, green and black

made from something called Goretex

Daddy says these are good stuff

strong, waterproof and they breath too

 

 

With my new boots

I can now jump in rain puddles

and waddle in muddy tracks

Daddy says it is fine

so long I keep my pants up high

 

With my new boots

I can now walk on jagged rocks

and sink my feet in fresh soft snow

Daddy says how he wishes

for a pair like mine

 

With my new boots

I hike through mountain trails

and tip toe across mountain streams

Daddy says I look just like a pro

the youngest hiker he ever known

 

Daddy says it was the boots

or maybe the chocolate

My legs suddenly grew strong

He says he had never walked this much

when he was just my age

 

Mummy says it could be all those

plus all of Daddy’s words

that makes my legs go on and on

like the youngest hiker

you ever known.

~ posted from the town of Murren