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

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20 X Q Nrxxxr' - - . , 1,10 1 f l N f I f I 9 f 4 ,O I .,,, y Z - ' I -Zfifffffffffmffff s slillls mm The Blue Swan Chester was one of the best looking swans in Swan City to be sure and Swan City was a very large city indeed. The best dressed swan in the city was Sir Rupertfil and he wore a top hat, tails, and carried a big pocket watch and a cane to help him along. Chester wasn't rich but he at least had a top hat. Now, Sir Rupertfil thought he was so grand he ordered a princess swan named Princess Petunia Swannest to be his wife. Chester had heard that Petunia's feathers were like velvet and her head was crowned with gold. Soon the day came when she was to arrive. From five o'clock in the morning the swans waited for the arrival of the princess, and by five o'clock the next night every swan was de- pressed and decided she wasn't coming. Sir Rupertfil was angry. He had waited so long for this wonderful moment and it was now spoiled. When the swans at an apartment called Hazel Nut woke up, they found Chester was missing. What they didn't know was that Chester had gone to hunt for the princess out in the middle of the lake where he found an old log cabin owned by a beaver. After finding the door, in he walked. The cabin was big and creaky inside and it was deserted. When the sun rose in the early morning he started on his journey searching the lake. While Chester was out on the lake shivering, his house was taken over by a band of beavers. These beavers were swannappers and had captured the princess. When Chester returned home he realized some- one else was living in his house. He looked into a window where he saw beavers with daggers around a poor helpless swan. Chester didn't know she was the princess so he went back to Swan City. Everyone heard about the captured swan but didn't believe it, and so Chester decided to help the princess swan. dlilm ruin f S2 V A B K ,1 . . l ?l I X ' I s 1 i .. After many exciting experiences he finally rescued the swan, Petunia. Everyone called him a hero. He had saved a beautiful swan! Chester fell in love with Petunia and they were to be married. Petunia had told Chester she had not a father or mother because she knew they wouldn't approve. So, it was arranged for Sir Rupertfil to take her down the aisle. When the wedding day came Sir Rupertfil brought her down the aisle. Then he noticed her crown. He knew it must be the princess, and so he grabbed her and then ran off. Chester burst into tears and turned to run after, but as he ran he fell and hurt himself so he could go no further. The princess was never heard of or seen again. Chester's heart was broken and ever since that day he has felt very blue. He's a Blue Swan! JANE FERGUsoN-Grade VI Superstitions Don't walk under a ladder, Never break a mirror in two, Don't let a black cat cross your path, Or bad luck will come to you. Never step on a sidewalk crack, Salt you must never spill, Never open an umbrella in the house, Or the goblins will wish you ill. But these signs don't bother me, I don't really think they should, I've thirteen letters in my name, And I don't knock on wood. DEBBIE D1cKsoN-Grade VI

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19 The Blue Drawing Room This room is very special. The Common Room is functional and has spaceethe Boarders' Sitting- Roorns have comfortable chairs and television, but the blue drawing-rooin is different. It asks for and gets special behaviour in keeping with its tone. Here, boarders meet parents who may be in the city, or a group meets after dinner to listen to special music, and one evening the conversation was all in French. And here on many Sunday evenings with the drapes drawn and the fire burning brightly, groups of boarders gather for iireside chats before bedtime. Yes, this room is still very special. The Dining Room You had to know the old dining-room to understand the general pleasure in this new dining-rooin. The windowed wall which lets in sunshine even through the winter months, the attractive drapes and matching place mats, the light-coloured tables and chairs have combined to make this a very pleasing room.

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21 Princess Yvonne This story takes place in the late sixteen hundreds. In France, the King had asked young farm women to go to New France to be brides to the bachelor settlers. At this time a tomboy princess was growing up. She didn't like being a princess so Yvonne thought it would be nice to be a farm woman. She decided she would learn to cook, sew and do other things like that from the servant who cleaned her room. One day while taking a walk through the city she saw a sign saying, Wanted! Strong farm women. Report to Captain Hebert. She walked on a little further thinking about the sign. Then a daring plan came into her head. A month later when the ship for New France was almost ready, one more lady came. Her name was Madeleine Pierre who was really the princess with a false name. While'sailing, many women became sick with scurvy, though Made- leine did not. Once in New France she went to a convent which had been prepared for them, but she and several other women soon had their husbands. Madeleine was to be married to Jean LeBlanc. He already had a farm and a log house built. Madeleine loved it all. After several years she was looking after ten children. The boys and girls had to do their share of the work but were happy. Madeleine and Jean took turns teaching the children for there was no school near by. As each one of the children got married or went to Work she asked them to come home on her fiftieth birthday. After that the years seemed to go quickly but the day for the children's return to come slowly. Madeleine and .lean looked forward to it most eagerly. The day camel One after another the children arrived. By dinner time all the children again were seated around the table. Each one was asking and answering questions. After a delicious meal they went and sat around the fire aml talked. It was there that Madeleine told, that she was one of the royal family and her true name was Yvonne Louis. After that she lived many long happy years. When her death came she was taken to France to be buried with her royal kin. CATHERINE CAMPBELL-GrI'Il.flG VI Granny's Frying Pan Now it happened one day, In the month of May, Granny's frying pan ran away, Out of the cupboard and onto the floor, Down a few steps and through the door: It ran and ran as fast as it could, Through a meadow and then a wood- Nobody caught him, nobody could, At least he thought that nobody would. At last he spotted a lonely old man, Who had ham and eggs but he hadn't a pan, But the pan decided he wasn't in need, So he went on and on till he came to a steed. The steed hadn't a shoe and needed some care, For the poor old steed couldnft go anywhere. The pan soon tried to cross a stream, But he started to drown and then to scream. Nobody would help him, nobody would, Nobody would even try to, even if they could, So the Selfish Pan Drowned. CLAIRE RoULs'rox-Grade V KINDERGARTEN AT WORK a 1- 4 , AMEX MEE T , l