The rose maker is an artist His profession highly skilled First he takes four strands of hair And presses then together THE STEM. Then, he takes a few grains of sand And sprinkles it all over the stem THE THORNS Next, he takes two pieces of clay and puts them on each side of the stem THE LEAVES Last, he picks up the thorny stem Pricks his finger with a thorn, And squeezes three drops of blood on top of the stem THE ROSE.