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

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THE GOLDEN Fl UTE .Once upon a time there was a prince Johnathan. To his friends. he was known as John. He had a flute, but what John did not ignow was that it wasga pure? golden flute. He could play his flute very well and when he did the whole castle rang with music. One day John was talking to his father. He heard someone playing his flute. Away he went to see who was playing this flute. He found his flute on his bed where he had left it that morning. Suddenly he saw a lovely sight. It was a Fairy Queen dressed in a gown of soft- est silk. She picked up the flute and said to John, Did you know that this flute is of pure gold? No,'l said John in a hurry. John ran to his father and said, Father, father, this flute is of pure gold. The Fairy Queen said so. His father said, Where did you get that nonsense about Fairy Queens? Go away and let me work. John went out smiling. He knew he had seen a Fairy Queen and she had said, Your flute is of pure gold? .f .- ,vvwl 5 Q KAREN RICHARDSON Grade IV .v i . -'wr i THE MONKEY AND THE WISHES One upon a time there was a little, little baby monkey. A magic fairy came along and gave him a wish. He wished for a big giant flower. He went to his little house in his ground and there this big giant flower started growing underneath him. In the morning he worke up and he found out he was on a big giant flower. It was right by a rainbow. He slid down the rainbow and he found the magic pot of wishing gold that every rainbow has. He made a wish from it and then he made the wish that the flower would grow back down when he got on it. He went back and got on the flower and it started growing back down. He went back to his mother and then they lived happily ever after. MARY BETH BEENHAM-Grades! , My Carefree I-'fiend I have a handsome mare ' Who canters in the sun,E She is beautiful and fair If p And is always gay and' On gentle summer days H I see her roll in pasture green, She jumps up to go and graze In nearby spots l've never seen. LESLEY DAVID - Grade VI 4 ' . wigw 1 N WINTER FUN lllvmity Sim

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CLEANING THE ATTIC It was Saturday, a beautiful day and I had to clean out the attic. I hated it! First of all I opened a big chest full of old books. I read a few of them and then stacked them in neat piles in the chest. The second chest I opened was full of old snaps. Some of them were of my mother when she was young. The third and last chest was full of dresses that were too small for Mother. Suddenly, I had a good idea! I got dressed in a plain dress and a blond wig. Then I went downstairs where Mother was working. I went outsid-e and rang the bell. Mother came to answer the door. Oh, hello. I'm your new neighbour, I said in a high-pitched voi-ce. I heard there was a new neighbour, said Mother, Would you like to stay for coffee? That would be very nice, I said. I really disliked coffee. I sat down and Mother brought the coffee . . . I drank a little bit, then spluttered and coughed. What's the matter? Mother asked. Just then the wig felt uncomfortable. By accident it slipped off. Barbara! You've been playing a joke on me, said Mother in surprise. You really did fall for it, I laughed. Well, you better go back and clean the attic, said Mother. Too bad, I said as I wen-t upstairs. I didn't get out of the job of cleaning the attic. BARBARA MORRIS - Grade V THE HAUNTED Mlll An old musty building and not one single person has been near it sin-ce that weird thing has been around, they all said. That afternoon, as Alice walked home, she thought to herself, Oh, they're just old timers. What do they know about it. Why, I'll just go and see it as soon as I get home. What Alice was in for, she didn't know. As she changed from her clean, white blouse and her green tartan skirt to her jeans, she thought, I thifnk they're silly to believe that there is some thing in the mill. Alice told her mother where she was go- ing andthoughtfully walked down the street. Soon she came to where the woods began, and walked through the woods to the mill. Alice walked for what seemed miles, then out of the ground rose a tall and weed-covered build- ing. As she walked closer, the old building seemed, not a frightening place, but a friend. Suddenly, something behind her knocked her down! She was about to stifle a scream when she saw, not the weird thing as she had su-pposed, but a sweet little fawn. She followed it till it entered the mill, then she paused. What would lie ahead. Alice wasn't sure, as she entered the lonely, desolate place. Almost before she stepped in, a weird whistling noise made Alice jump. She turned around quickly to see nothing but a small hole in the wall where the wind had been blowing through, but that wasn't all! Slowly a weird, white figure passed by the hole. A streak of fright passed down her back like a cold hand. Come on now, Alice, she said firmly, you don't believe in ghosts, do you? She made up her mind quickly, and cau- tiously she walked to what seemed like a door and looked around where the strange figure had been. Oh! she screamed with laughter and re- lief, It isn't a ghost at all. It's just an old rag. Why, I must have seen it as it fell from this nail, she pointed at a rusty old nail. What fools they are to believe in such rub- bish. But I'l1 let them have their little game and I won't tell. JANE LAWSON - Grade V FIIN WITH FRENCH On February 16, the parents of the junior students attended a demonstration of a new teaching method of French conversation, con- ducted by Madame Ragot - Bonjour Line . After watching slides and listen-ing to correlated tapes, the students repeated in French the explanation of each picture. This method captures the interest of the young students, and furthers their ability to con- verse in French. Both the parents and the pupils enjoyed the demonstration, and appre- ciated the afternoon of Fun with French. BON!0llR UNE Bonjour Line i-s our new method of learn- ing French conversation. Grades IV, V and VI use this new method. There are twelve les- sons in all. It's easy and enjoyable to learn because the stories are exciting and because of the slides. We have tapes for each lesson and we repeat the words after it. Wednes- days we have a French visitor, Madame Ragot whom we all like very much. We also have a better accent now because of the tape and because we can't speak English at the lesson. We hope that the grades below us will like it as much as we have. JANE LAWSON and BARBARA MORRIS -- Grade V Tll'f'I1f,ll jim'

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THE 0UEEN'S COMMAND There was once a king and a queen who had a beautiful daughter. They said that they would give their daughter to any prince that could remove the mountain that stood in front of their castle. ' Many men tried but none succeeded. After a while a young prince tried, while he was shoveling, a little man in a red coat appeared. At first the prince was fightened, when when the little man told him that he could take the mountain away he listened eagerly. When the little man raised his arm the mountain disappeared, and the prince went to the queen and told him what he had done. The queen could hardly believe this and so she gave him another task, If you can catch the six headed dragon, she said, you can have my daughter. - The prince knew that he could never do a thing like that, but he went into the woods where the dragon lived. On the way he met the little man in the red coat. The prince told him wihat he had to do. The little man cap- tured the dragon and put him in a cage and the prince went and told the queen what he had done. The queen, not being able to keep her daughter any longer, gave h-er to the prince and they had a wedding and lived together for many happy years. . ' LOUISE EDWARDS - Grade IV THE HUNGRY WITCH Once upon a time there was a witch that could find no food. One day she went to the forest. She was looking for something to eat but 'she could find nothing to eat in the forest. She went to the zoo to find a big fat bear but she couldn't find anything to eat in the zoo either. Next she started for home. On her way hometlshe came to a pond. She looked for some fish in the pond but she couldn't find any fi'sh. Soon the witch got home and on her table there was a spider. The witch said, I can't find anything else to eat so I guess I must eat this spider. Now the spider heard what the witch was saying and he didn't want to be eaten up by the witch so he said, UDon't eat me up and tomorrow morning you shall find all .the food you can eat. So the witch didn't eat the spider and the next morning she' found all the food she could eat. , , . . SUSAN LAWLER - Grade II THE Fl UTE'S PROBIEM .Once in a village far, far away a golden flute was made. Everybody liked it and every- body played it as often as they liked. People .played it so much that one night it got all worn out. This flute had a fairy who would come whenever he needed her. He called her and the kind little fairy appeared. Sfhe said to the flute, 'tWhat is the matter?,' The flute answered, I have a problem. I have been played on too much and I am out of tune. I can solve your problem. she said. Close your eyes while I wave my magic wand over you, the fairy said. When the flute' opened his eyes he asked the fairy to play him. It was hard for her to handle, but she managed. The flute heard the sweet music and it was right in tune. The flute thanked his fairy and the fairy disappeared. The flute was never o-ut of tune again. Everybody who played it from that day on, heard the lovely music from the golden flute. D VALERIE SHEDDEN 4 Grade III THE MAGIC SPIDER Once upon a time there lived a witch. One day when the witch was cleaning her kitchen she saw a spider. ' Hello, said the spider. Hello, said the witch, HI didn't know spiders' could talk. HWell, I am a magic spider, said the spider. I'1l help you to clean up the house. And in a flash the witch's house was all cleaned up. All the webs were gone, dirty corners were cleaned, and dishes washed. ' 'tWow, gasped the witch. 'Thank you. So from that day on the witch always had the spider for her helper to clean things up. ELIZABETH CALL - Grade II THE WITCH AND THE SPi'DER One day there was a witch and she met a spider. She told the spider that if he took the princess from her castle she would give him a treasure. So the spider went to the castle and took the princess into the garden. Then a prince killed the spider and the king said that the prince could marry the princess. Then one dav, after they were married the prince set off to kill the witch. When the witch saw him coming she made a dragonto frighten him. But the prince killed the dragon. Then he found the witch and killed her. For many, many years the princess, the prince, and the king lived very happily. DEBBIE METCALFE - Grade II Tlrrnljl Sl'l'l'll