New England Forestry shares this land,
As a neighbor, it’s truly grand,
Hundreds of acres of red pine
This is Groton’s gold mine.
A paper road the trail does follow
Into Dan Parker’s sleepy hollow

Follow the path a little ways
Take the second left a trail was blazed
Down the hill cross the bridge of stones
Lurks a shrub of painful groans
Invasive, prickly and home to ticks
Barberry grows spiky thorned sticks
It is here that you will should find
The first ceramic coin of its kind.

Follow along the beaver pond
where high bush blueberries abound
To the left, in the hollow tree
The second clue you will see
Try the wintergreen at its base,
Chew a leaf for a zesty taste.

As the trail comes to the end,
Go right back onto the main bend,
Go up the hill a little ways
Another pond will keep your gaze
The Third clue hides within the log
That Bucky felled into the bog

Don’t go too far, just a stone’s throw
A patch of Jack-in-the-pulpits did flower
Look for the reddish seed tower
Before a toppled hollow tree
The fourth coin’s among the debris

(*This coin may be hard to find. The jack in the pulpits are buried under grape vines and taller scrub. Look for the yellow marking on the tree)

To the top of the hill you will go
A patch of orange day lilies grow
Way out in the woods without a home
Perhaps they were planted by a gnome?

Take a closer look and you will see
A cellar hole of stone and rock
Careful how closely you walk
Hidden within the ancient wall,
Are the final coins – don’t fall!