Burbank Junior High School - Wizard Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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One day last summer I went to Oak Grove for a day ' s outing. My mother and father stayed on a hill out I went to play in the water. After I had played for a while I wanted to go to my parents. I started up the hill and as I was getting near them I saw what I thought was a man ' s necktie lying in my path. It was yellow and black with stripes. Just as I was about to pick it up it began to move. I sprang back with a shriek of horror, for it was a snake. I ran as fast as I could down the hill and told my sister and the other children about it. I was so frightened that I took another path up the hill. It was a hot day in July. Tom and Ned and some other boys had decided to go swim ming. Their homes were very near to the Russian River. They were walking along when all of a sudden a rattle was heard. Run, cried Tom, and they ran as fast as they could. They were all panting soon, for it was a hot day; and the snake was not far behind. A low growl was heard, and Tom ' s dog, Wolf, sprang out of the bushes. Hairs bristling, Wolf stood ready to fight. The snake stopped, coiled, and sprang at Wolf. Wolf leaped quickly out of the way. Then Wolf ran up to the snake, picked him up in the air, and tossed him several feet. Then the snake coiled himself around Wolf and was just going to bite him, when, with a loud shout Tom picked up a club, and running upon the two enemies, hit the snake with all his might. He killed it instantly. The boys then took Wolf to the river, and bathed him in cool water. Tom cut off the rattles of the snake, and hung them around Wolf ' s neck, as a reward for his bravery . Helmi Siren K7 v THE FIGHT Alfred E. Soderborg HS

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MY .Ljj ■vFERIENCE JITM a horse One summer day in Sacramento, my u ncle came from the hayfield. He left his horse and wagon outside of the shed. My cousin and I, who were playing near by, saw the horse, so we thought we would go and play in the wagon. The horse r s name was Dobbin, but we thought it was Gidap - Decause we always heard my uncle say that. Af- ter we had climbed into the wagon, we said to the horse, “Nice Gidap, u and the horse began to run. We kept re- peating, u Gidap u until Dobbin was racing around the field. My uncle came and ‘stopped him before we were hur t . Sirkka Niemi H7 JERRY Jerry is a little black Persian kitten. His fur is very long and black. He has very bright eyes and sees everything. Jerry is very playful but a bit too rough. One day as he was playing in the yard, two dogs came up to him, but he looked at them and kept them away until someone came to help him. Jerry is always into something, always exploring. One day I heard him crying. I opened the door of a lit- tle pantry, whore wo keep papers and cut jumped Jerry. Ho probably wondered what was in there and got shut in while investigating. Ida May Guy L9 MY NEIGHBOR’S CAT AND DOG One day as I was walking down the street I saw a dog and a cat eating out of the same bowl. They looked like two good friends to me. But in a little while they started to growl and the cat to spit. Then the fight be- gan. The dog yowled and snapped, the cat jumped and scratched the dog. The cat was the best fighter. The dog ran home and I never saw that dog again. John Silva L7

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THE DR Mi GARDEN In a far off land, a little way from s mountain range, was a beautiful garden. There were beautiful fra- grant flowers, tall old trees, and many little paths winding in and out. If any one walked through the gar- den he would have beautiful and fanciful dreams. If one looked right hard one could see fairy heads, pushing out of the flowers. There was, in the garden, by the steps, a large solid rectangular block of stone. On this stone was a golden vase. It was said that if one wrote his wish on a piece of paper, tore it into small pieces and threw them in the air and one fell in the vase, the wish would come true. Many years passed and many dreamed in the dream garden, and perhaps they came true . Ida May Guy L9 THE GIFT COMPENSATION The grim black walls of Castle Toulard seemed very uncompromising on this bleak windy day. All around, a sort of shadow was cast. It seemed as if the castle and its grounds were forbidden territory. Lord Toulard, grieving for his lost son, lived a- lone with one servant. As he sat musing in front of the now dying embers of the fire, a picture came to his mind. He saw his manly son in a uniform going to war. Lord Toulard made up his mind to stop grieving, for it was in a good cause that he had sent his son to fight for his country. So thinking, he quietly passed sway with the dying embers casting a glow on his face. Rose Cowan H9 MY DREAM I have dreamed of everything in the world. But there is only one lasting dream in my mind. One night I dreamed I saw a most beautiful picture which I had. painted. All my thoughts are on this pic- ture of ray dream which I hope to paint some day. A dream is only a thought, but sometimes dreams come true. I hope that dream of mine may come true. Seconds Schmidt L9