Balmoral Hall School - Optima Anni Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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20 X X 11110 if f f l h 7 f' Z X Z ' Z U Z' U 7110 T 5 f5,9 9 ! I Z 7 Z. lm Qfffiffffffffffff, ,, ' I 'I My Two Birds I have two birdsg one is green and one is blue. The green one is called Timmy and the blue one, Bluebell. Mother lets them out of the cage after I have my dinner. We have fun. Timmy loves balloons and sits on my hand and head. One night we let out the birds and they began to play with their toys. They had a toy called Mamma Bunny, and Timmy pushed it up and down with his beak. Bluebell sat on its body and peeked it. Then mother put the birds back into the cage and we all went to bed. HELEN HAY-GfHdC I The Fat Family There once was a bat That was terribly fat, And there was a cat That was fatter than that. The sweet little mouse That lay in the house Was afraid of the cat- And the cat of the rat. LINDA HELLOFS+GfHdC I Forest People Forest people have a very large home, With acres and acres in which to roam. Animals big, and animals small Pass by each other in a common hall. CATHERINE HAMILTON1GfHd6 V The Wicked Witch I was walking in the forest and I saw a house. I went into the house and a witch said, Now I will put you in a cage, and the witch went to the kitchen and brought the snake soup. I had to Cat it. Then she let me out and I ran home. ANNA HUNT-Grade I F m he mmf f m!!! I The Messy Puppy Messy puppy was a happy puppy, but when the little puppy was grown up it had little babies. One puppy's name was Tip. When the mother went out, Tip had fun in the green grass in the sun. The mother dog came back and she said, Now I will feed all of you. When the puppies had finished, they played together until the sun went down. JOANNE SwYsTuN-Grade I The Sun Sun, sun, you are so bright, How do you get so much light? Where do you go when it is night? Young lady, I go out of sight. JOYCE KINzIE-Grade II The Singing Tree Once upon a time there was a singing tree. It lived in a kingdom where a princess called Elizabeth lived. Every day that the princess came out, the tree sang, 'Tm quite big but Elizabeth is wee, for I'm past five and Elizabeth's just three. Elizabeth asked some girls to hear the singing tree. While the girls were there, the tree sang to them. It sang about a golden crown full of jewels like the King's. It sang about little girls who were like the jewels in the crown. All the girls clapped their hands and thanked the tree. MARTHA PENNocIc-Grade II My Monkey I have a little monkey who lives in a treeg He can swing by his tail and chatter like a bee. He has a round, round nose and short brown hairg He has curled up toes and the rain he cannot bear. CATHERINE NEWCOMBE-Grade III

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Beautiful coloured candles, the only light in the room, added to the festivity. A blue star always graced the top, and I called it 'the blue star of Bethlehemf On Christmas morning, we would scurry downstairs, two at a time, to the presents. One year I received my first pair of buttonedftoftheftop boots and a divine pair of white kid gloves. How proud I was! After opening our presents, we went to church, bundled in the red sleigh, and then all the family and relations gathered for a traditional, grand family dinner. To end the day, we gathered around the creche and sang carols, and dreamed of the gift that brought great joy to Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem. Yes, Christmas in my day was a day to remember, she repeated as she handed me my Christmas present and wished me a happy Christmas. JOANNE RILEY, Grade VIII BLACKBOARD DRAWING by ELSA RENSAA, Crude X. How Boiled Rice Came About- Perhaps In North America lived many Indian tribes. One large tribe was the Plains Indians. In a small tent lived a poor family consisting of a mother, White Fawn, a brother, Clumsy One, a father, Big Hunter, and a sister, Cross One. Every year in the autumn, the tribe went down to the marshes and gathered wild rice. This they soaked and dried, and ate in the winter. It was very hard to 19 eat because it was like leather, but it kept hunger from gnawing at their stomachs. One day as White Fawn was soaking some rice, it began to grow cold and she told Cross One to build a Ere. Cross One built the fire and told Clumsy One to get some stones to make a fireplace. When Clumsy One returned with the stones, he tripped on the protruding root ofa tree and spilled the stones into the fire. When he had picked him' self up, he pulled one of the stones out with a stick and picked it up. It was so hot that it burned his fingers and he dropped it right into the bowl of rice. Since they never wasted anything, this rice was also saved, and one day was eaten. It tasted so good and was so easy to eat that after that they always dropped hot stones in with the rice and boiled it. MARGARET BERRY, Crade VII The Revenge She stood tall and straight on the edge of the cliff. Her sharp ears heard the lonely call ofa loon across the lake. The wind rustled the leaves around her. Beside her stood a dark dog, his great bulk mingling in the shadows with her delicate lovelif ness. The sun sank slowly as the canoe came closer. She remembered her home in the wilderness. The long hot summers, alone except for her friends -the dark dog, a squirrel, and a lynx. She could not remember her parents, they remained only charred ruins and yellow sand in a shaft. She remembered the first canoe that had tried to land. Lobo had frightened it away. Years later, another appeared, but its occupants had not feared Lobo. They carried long, loud sticks of death, very very different from the silent knife which she used to kill. She remembered the look in their eyes as they found the yellow sand in the shaft. They went away but returned-was it only one moon ago? The three occupants of the canoe were now clearly visible. A man and two large women frantically paddled for the safety of shore. They seemed in fear of something, yet, nothing followed them. The three did not notice the silent figure on the cliff above. The shadow above watched them land and make camp. Darkness settled. Then she moved, silently and steadily, down the rocky path. She reached the clearing where they slept. Her cat' like eyes found each figure on the ground .... Slowly she glided into the canoe and left the island, the big dog always at her side. The bodies of her victims were soon left far behind. JO'ANN ANDIKEWS, Grade XI

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21 The Day Bobby's Sweater Say, say what a beautiful day! Jenny is Bobby's aunt. She has long brown hair When the morning light starts, and blue eyes. Bobby is seven years old and is very Ido my own will, short but sturdy. On weekends he goes to his Feeding the birds on the window sill. aunt's house and watches her do her knitting. Say, say what a beautiful noon! I'll go skipping quite soon, Like the birds on the tree I'm as happy as can be. Say, say what a beautiful night! It's time to sleep tight, I'm asleep in my bed, Sweet dreams in my head, Say, it has been a wonderful day! JANE DOIDGE,-Grade III The Princess' Green Shoes Once upon a time there was a princess who wanted some green shoes for a dance. She went into the store and bought them, but she did not know that they were magic. Her mother thought that they were very pretty and told her to put them on. She did not want to put them on because she was just going to have a nap to be ready for the dance. When it was time for the dance she put on her evening gown and her new shoes. But suddenly her feet stuck to the floor and she started to cry. Sler mother came in and said, What is the matter, ear? When the clock struck eightfthirty, her feet were not stuck any more. So she went off to the dance. When she saw the prince's shoes she screamed, Take them off! but the prince did not understand and he started to laugh and said, You silly girl. Then suddenly his feet stuck to the floor because the princess' magic green shoes had walked over to him. He screamed, Let me loose ! He became a statue and that was the end of the prince. The princess married another prince and never wore the green shoes again. SUSAN SAUNDBRS,'-'Gfade III The Mouse There once was a mouse That lived in a house, And there once was a cat That lived in a hat. The mouse had a bat That was so fat And what do you think of that? JOANNB SWYSTUN,-Grade I Jenny once knitted a sweater for Bobby. It was dark brown with a black horse on the back. Jenny showed the pattern to Bobby. Bobby said he liked rabbits better so jenny got a pattern with a rabbit on it. Jenny had almost finished the sweater and Bobby was getting very excited. As soon as Jenny had finished the sweater, she said he could wear it. Bobby showed all the boys his sweater. They all wished they had a sweater like it. One boy named jim did not like Bobby and was determined to tear or take the sweater away from him. One day while playing baseball with the other boys, Jim came along and tore Bobby's sweater. Bobby cried very hard when he saw the hole. When the weekfend came he took the sweater to Jenny and she said she would mend the sweater for Bobby. MARTHA GREATREX, Grade IV If I Were A Frog If I were a frog I'd sit on a log, And bask in the sun all day. I'd sing a song to other frogs And drive them all away. BEVERLY KNIGHT, Grade II Pots and Pans One day in the kitchen there were lots of pots and pans. This story is about pots and pans and me. The kitchen is a wonderful place for pots and pans. I went out one day and while I was gone the pots and pans came out. They ran from all over. It was fun for them. The pots and pans were talking to each other and having a lovely time. They started dancing and playing all around. The pots would slide all over. The pans would walk. They swung on to the Mixfmaster. They went inside the oven and climbed on the racks and thought it was a junglefgym. I came home when this was going on. One of the pans saw me. He told them that I was home. The pots and pans went back to their places and never came out again. JANE FERGUSON, Grade IV