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

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Stories Recorded By Grade I The Kitten Once upon a time there was a kitten and her name was Charlene. And she was very cross because her mother said she could never go outside. But she loved to climb up trees and all that sort of stuff but she never could. But that night when she went to bed hex' mother read her a story about kittens. But she didn't like stories, she only liked to climb trees. Well, the next day her mother went out so the kitten started to climb up a tree. When her mother got home she saw the kit- ten still up the tree and she got very cross. The kitten climbed down and never went up again and they lived happily ever after. LAUREL HOWARD-Grade I The Little Dog Once upon a time there was a little dog and his name was Spot. Spot lived in a nice house. But Spot had a problem and he said, I don't like the colour I am. I want to be all one colour. I don't like my spots. So spot ran away. I-Ie went walking along the road. Then he saw a can of paint and he thought, If I paint myself I'll be all one colour. But Spot didn't know that the can of paint was green and he jumped into it. When Spot came out he wa.s all green and was so sad that he hadn't kept his other colour. Spot went walking along the road very sadly and then Spot saw a little girl and boy and the little girl and boy saw Spot. And they said, What a cute little dog. Let's take him home and wash him. So they' took him home and washed him. So Spot got his right colour back and they lived happily ever after. SUSAN LAWLER-Grade I The Bunny Rabbit One upon a time there was a bunny rab- bit. I'Ie had no home so he built a home in a flower. Once a person came and stepped on it but then the house just bounced up again. The rabbit built some clay around it and then he put some glue around it and then he put more clay around it. Any time somebody stepped on it, it would go up again, and so the bunny lived happily ever after. PATRICIA WADDELL-Grade I The Lost Dog Once upon a time there was a little dog and the owner was a little girl. One day the dog found a squirrel and he chased him into the forest and the dog got lost and the mother and father came looking for him. They took him home and they lived happily ever after. DEBBIE IVIETCALF-Grade I The Rabbit Once upon a time there were some rab' bits - a daddy rabbit, a mummy rabbit and a baby rabbit. And one time the mother rab- bit told the baby rabbit to go out and pick some nuts. So he did and the mother rabbit said Dont go near Evergreen Acres icause don't forget Coco can run fast and get you. But he just didn't mind going to Evergreen Acres so he did go. Then - the rabbit got eaten up by Coco. JOY 'TENNANT-Grade I

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26 around five times and flew into Animal Town. Suddenly, I saw a very funny thing! Cats, dogs. and horses were walking around. The cats and dogs were leading thin and fat people who were wearing collars and leashes. There was a very thin Poodle lead- ing a very fat lady. The horses were riding on very tall men. Then I heard a crashl Five men and women dressed in black came rush- ing up the road pulling a white coach. We went over to what I thought was a pet store. but to my surprise it was called a People Store. In one of the windows I saw a little boy kicking like a little kid. But the fairy said we had to go. So we sat on another wheel and went around five and a half times. We landed where we had started. We flew back out of the star and back to my bedroom. I gave the fairy back her wand and wings and she flew out of the window. BARBARA COLE-Grade V A Naughty Day I must admit and so I say, I had a very naughty day. Now listen: Shhl I played at sledding On my mothers nicest bedding. Then I had a little drink, A very little drink of ink. I was so upset I ran away. I knocked the oil lamp, made it sway. Soon there was a scary smell That made me wish I had a well The house was on fire! The danger was dire! Soon help came rushing With water agushing. At last the fire was put away But I'll never forget that naughty day. SUSAN GARBETT-Grade V Home's Best Once upon a time there was a magic rocking chair that lived with an old woman. One day the chair ran away because he didn't want the old lady's son tipping him over and throwing stones at him. In a little while the magic rocking chair came to a brook. He tried jumping but the brook was too wide. He tried swimming but the brook was too deep. lust then he re- membered that he could fly so he flew across the brook. He soon got lost in the woods. A little house was on the path, so the magic rocking chair went up to it. A little elf was expecting rocking chair was surprised said Home, Where would opened the door and said, I you, come in please. The went into the house and he at all the doors. One door another said Far away. you like to go now? asked the elf. A'Home. and whooshl the rocking chair was at home. How happy he was and he never ran away again. SHAWN COX-Grade III J T , ti ll ' .ggffd Q I W ' I 1 0 A gg., 'J' Ati ,,.,:57'f ' -mf if ' S-A-M The Red Rocking Chair Once upon a time there was an old lady who lived in Tiny Town. One day she went to sit down on her old rocking chair but when she sat down it wasn't comfortable. That night the old woman went to bed very tired. The next day she went to the store and bought a red rocking chair and started for home. When she got home the first thing she did was to sit down in her new rocking chair. In a short time the old lady fell asleep. Soon she woke up and found herself on a cloud but still on the red rocking chair. The old lady was surprised at what had happen- ed and thought she was asleep. so she tried to wake herself up but she couldn't. Soon night came and the old woiman began to cry. Suddenly the rocking chair began to fly down to the store that it came from. The old lady got off when the rocking chair landed and walked off. The red rocking chair was never seen again. DIANNE SPEERS-Grade III

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THE KINDERGARTEN The Flower Fairy Once there lived a little fairy. Her name was Flower. She lived in ia pretty little house. One day she went for a walk to a little lake. She looked at some pretty little gold-fish. She wanted to have a closer look at them. She was going very close to the water. Suddenly splash into the water she fell! She could not swim. Help! Help! she cried. A wave just happened to carry her onto a rock. Soon a little girl was coming to pick up pretty stones. The little fairy was on a very pretty stone. The girl picked up the stone with the fairy on it. Then, she thought that she had enough stones so she went home. When she got home she called, Motherl Mother! What? said the mother. I found some very pretty stones. I think I will put four of them back. I will put them near some pretty flowers. One of them was the stone that the fairy was on. What do you think happened? The flower that she was put beside became her home and she lived happily ever after. VALERIE SHEDDEN-Grade II Mr. Grumpy Learns A Lesson Once upon a time there lived an old man who was grumpy. Since he was so grumpy everybody called him Mr. Grumpy. He lived all alone in a little house. One day Mr. Grumpy decided to have a party. He phoned some old friends to ask them to come. All the people he invited knew he was grumpy. On the day of the party Mr. Grumpy went out to the gate. He waited and waited but still nobody came. He went into the house to read a book and wait. Soon he heard a noise but it was only a squirrel. He went back to his chair but it was not there. His friends really had come. They were trying to make him forget to be grumpy by playing tricks. The second trick they played was one person put shutters on the window and door while another walked up and down the driveway. When Mr. Grumpy heard footsteps he ran to the window but he could not see anything because the window had shutters. He went to the door but it was the same. They played such funny tricks that Mr. Grumpy could not help laughing. Soon he heard footsteps outside. All his friends came up the driveway looking as if they had never played the jokes. Mr. Grumpy was so happy that they had come that they all went in and had a lovely party. KAREN RICHARDSON-Grade III The Bull Who Lost His Temper Once upon a time there was a bull. He was sad because people came to take his foo-d. He could not get angry because he had lost his temper. One night he was fast asleep by seven o'clock. At eight o'clock the people came. This time they took all of his food. The next morning the bull was hungry. He looked in his secret place. He always looked in that place first. But when he looked in his cupboard he saw nothing there except his own temper. He was glad that he had found his temper. And the people thought it would be nice to give the bull his food back. So they all lived happily ever after. LESLIE RILEY-Grade II