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

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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

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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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The Magic Toast Once upon a time there was a giant. This giant's trouble was that it was Monday and they always had toast. You see the giant did not like the crust so while his wife was making the toast the giant thought he could get out. But the door was locked. The poor old giant had to stay in and eat his toast. Little did the giant's wife know that the piecegshejgput in for her husband was magic. The toast ran away. Now the giant's wife was frightened and ran to her husband. The giant tried to catch the toast. But the toast got away, and they all lived happily ever after. LAURIE CAMPBELL-Grade II The lillle Fox Once upon a time there was a fox. She lived in a cave with her husband fox. One day, when Mr. Fox was hunting for some food for his wife, a hunter was hunting for a fox. The hunter saw the fox and the fox saw the hunter. The hunter began to shoot at the fox. The wife heard the shooting. The cave was right behind the hunter. So the lady fox jumped on top of the hunter and killed him. The foxes then lived happily ever after. KIRBY SIVIITH-Grade II The Little Polar Bear Once upon a time there were three polar bears, a mother and a father and a baby. They lived in a cave. One day the baby got lost. He looked and looked for his home but he could not find his way home. Soon he met a penguin. The penguin said, Where are you going, little polar bear? I'm try- ing to find my way home. May I come with you? Yes, you may, said the polar bear. So the bear and the penguin set off to find the little polar bear's home. Soon they met an Eskimo. The Eskimo asked them where they were going. The bear answered. We are going to find my way home. O I know the way to your home. If you will let me go with you I will show you the way to your home. So they let the Eskimo come along with them. And the Eskimo showed the way to the bear's home. And so every one went home. And as for the baby polar bear he went to bed. And they all lived happily ever after. 'PATRICIA HOWISON-Grade II 29 One Day ln Fairy Land Once upon a time there lived a fairy. Her house seemed to be bigger than the other fairies' houses. She was. the Queen. Her name was Lynn. One day when she was dressing there was a knock on the door. She answered it but no one was there. But there was someone therel He caught her and took her away and kept her in a cage. One day a boy fairy came and set her free. The next day they were married so they lived happily ever after. IVIARCIA CAMPBELL-Grade II He's Mr. Friendly Now Once a little elf lived in a little town near Elfland. He was very grumpy so everyone called him Mr. Grumpy. One day just after breakfast he went for a walk, still looking very grumpy. When he was in the middle of town he noticed that everyone was just walking past him and didn't say a word to him: He tried to ask his friends why they didnt talk to him but they just walked past, Mr. Grumpy thought he had better go home. He got on the bus and even there no one paid any attention to him except one little girl. He asked her why no one talked to him. She told him that no one was paying attention to him because he looked so grumpy. When he got home he sat down and thought. Finally he decided to be friendly and helpful to everyone. He went out and visited all his friends. One day just after that he noticed that everyone was calling him Mr. Friendly. He liked that very much better. SIGNY STEWART-Grade III My Dream Once upon a moonlit night My eyes behold a dazzling sightg A little elf all dressed in green Was sitting by 3 fairy queen. Her dress was made of dew kissed pearls And round her shoulders lay gold curls. When soon a voice called at my door, I found myself upon the floor, The dewy lawn that caught my eye Was now my floor - both cold and dry. JANE LAWSON-Grade IV