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

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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

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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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22 The Princess' Green Shoes Once there was a beautiful Princess who loved to dance but she had no shoes. One day she went out for a walk in the woods. She heard someone crying. She looked around and saw a little elf caught on a branch of a tree, so she let him go free. The next morning when she woke up she found a beautiful pair of green shoes on her pillow. She put on the green shoes and danced in her room and out of the door and into the woods right to where the little elf was sitting. This made the little elf very happy. ALisoN GREATREX, Grade II The Clock Everybody at school had an alarmfclock except me. I was hoping to get one for Christmas, but all I received were a few things in my stocking. Howf ever, I did not give up because my birthday was in January. Finally January came. I eagerly opened up Grandma's present, it was a dressingfgown. I opened my aunt's present, and it was bubblefbath. Finally I opened Mum's and Dad's present. It was an alarmfclock. That night I set my alarm, and wound it up. I awoke in the morning to find it had not gone off because it had stopped. I thought the money I had would pay to have it mended. I took it to the jeweller and he said it would be about five dollars. I only had two dollars, so I said that I would take it home. I went home very sadly, and I started to take it apart myself. Inside was a little compartment, and to my surprise it contained coins and dollar bills. I hurriedly told my mother and father, and they went to the man they bought the clock from and he said he knew nothing about it. We told the police and they said it was the money that was stolen from the new bank on Portage. Because it was not all the money stolen we only got half the reward money, but we were very glad anyway. Late that night the buzzer started ringing and we could not stop it. It went on for half an hour. Finally the police came to the house to see what the noise was about. We told them our troubles and they opened the clock and found a little piece of paper which turned out to be a map. The police' men knew at once what it was. Early next morning the police went with us to the woods and followed the map. Late in the afternoon we arrived at a small shack. We went up to it very quietly and peeped in. Inside were some men counting some money. The police arrested the men and we went home. Now my clock works perfectly. JUDITH CLOUGH, Grade VI GRADE THREE AT PLAY