And the leaf said: "The wind just told me
that one day it would pull me off and throw
me down to die on the ground!"
(paragraph 1)
"Ah!" begged each silly, pouting leaf,
"Let us a little longer stay,
Dear Father Tree, behold our grief!
Tis such a very pleasant day,
10 We do not want to go away."
(stanza 2)
What do these sentences show about the leaves in the story and the poem?