PEAR PICKING!!!

Ode to the Mighty Pear

Medford is known for it's fruit without shape

It's not a banana and it's not for apes

It grows on trees with branches so scratchy

And we get to pick them in clothes that are patchy

From dawn until dusk, the members all gather

At the orchard where we all work up a lather

Dripping with sweat in the hot August heat

While meeting old friends that we love to greet

We pick them and size them and load up our sacks

While straining our muscles and breaking our backs

Then fill up the bins before it gets dark

Trust me, my friends -- it's no walk in the park!

But we love to do it, year after year

Picking the fruit for one reason that's clear

We work really hard, but it's really a pleasure

For the Lord has given us blessings unmeasured

The least we can do, for a few hours a week

Is give back what we can to get what we seek.

COME AND JOIN US FOR THE

REGIONAL YOUTH PEAR PICKING EXTRAVAGANZA

ON

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2008

AT THE PEAR ORCHARD!

(Last one there's a rotten pear!)