Burr and Burton Academy - Burtonian Yearbook (Manchester, VT)

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20 THE BURTONIAN The next day at the same trme Trlx was lylng LD the yard sunnmg hmm self It was a lazy day thxs Saturday and the sun felt so good Maybe Dorothy would come out and play wlth hlm later There was a sound ln the drstance It must be the Blue Jay agaln Sure enough here It comes right down to the fence post Well he wouldnt pay any attention to It today He d had a chance to thxnk lt over after playlng wlth Dorothy yesterday and declded that rt was rather foolxsh to become angry with such a rude lI1Slg'I'1lf lcant thmg as a Blue Jay In fact he was rather ashamed of hrs part nn yesterday s aifaxr Hee Hee Trlxy twlttered the saucy Blue Jay Here I am today Stxll got a. mad on But Trlx dozed on Heh Heh' grggled the Jay You cant fool me You re not asleep See how close I am But Trlx only lay strll and blmked lazmly 1n the sun apparently not l1OtlClI1g the annoylng presence Can t catch me taunted the Blue Jay swooplng down very near Trlx and perchmg on a twxg near by Here he seemed to dance a Jig and grm all over Thxs too much of a chance for Trxx Up he jumped and pounced on the twxg but he was to late The 11ttle rascal was on the fence post aga1n Hee Hee Hee Thxs was maddening Tux was furxous Get out of thls hour of the mormng Go on' Get out' At thxs pomt Dorothy appeared at the klchen door The Blue Jay cocked hxs head and grmned at her Go away you saucy fellow Youll spo11 Trxxs dxsposxtlon We dont want such blrds around here Come Tux now be quxet L1ttle saucy Blue Jay hopped around on the fence a blt and glggled then flew up on the ram plpe and pee-red over the edge Sorry so sorry dear est he sald wlth a chuckle and danced a 31g for her benefit Dorothy took Tr1x mto the house and soon the chucklxng and laughmg ceased Every day for a month or so the provocatxve blrd came back Every day Tr1x barked hrs throat sore wlth vexatxon But one day llttle Trlx declded that the yard was too conflnlng and ventured lnto the street One of those queer lookmg nolsy thmgs that run so fast along the road ran after Trxx and knocked hlm down and Trlx never got up again The next day at eleven o clock the Blue Jay came back for some more fun He called and teased for a long long tune but no Trxx came out for a quarrel Fmally that glrl that Tr1x called Dorothy came out and called Go away you naughty b1rd Dont come back any more Puppys gone hell never come back Go way Lxttle Tr1xys gone The saucy Jay stopped glggllllg' and cocked hls head on one slde He made a queer sound 11ke a llttle croak and flew through the tree tops away Its been a long long t1me smce thls Jay went away but he never came back any more - 7 I ' - 1 y . . 6 ' ' .. - -H - - .. U n ' H V F H O A1 7 iv - ' ' u vr - 1 ' - ' u here! he howled. Can't you leave a fellow alone? I'm used to meditating - ' il ,, , . . , . . . , . . . ,Q ' 7 1 l ' ' ' I ll - , . - . Y , . v ! x l Y , .. - , . . P 7 ' ' 1 ll , . I - I ' , , ,

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THE BURTONIAN TEASING TRIX By Edxth Besselxevre Trlx was gettmg to be a b1g puppy now and spent h1s tlme buslly mvestx gatmg every crack and cranny of hxs New Jersey back yard for some form of exc1tement Hls ball the th1rd of 1ts kxnd had been chewed to a pulp and It became rather monotonous to play wlth the fan belt all the txme At first 1t was very excxtmg to hear It crack when he snapped lt and feel It slap slap about hls head as he tossed xt It used to be fun to chew lt and pull It 1111111 he almost yanked hls teeth out but now all l',hlS seemed tame and SPICSICSS He really had grown old enough to enjoy the company of other ammals It was hard to stay m the yard so long wxth no other of hxs kmd to assoc1ate wxth One pa.rt1cular day ln the sprxng Trlx was snoopxng about as usual when he heard an unfam1l1ar no1se from somewhere xn the tree tops It was a provocatxve sound In fact lt seemed to tease Trlx s eyes searched the tree tops and after some mxnutes found a llttle saucy Blue Jay perched on a lxmb not far from the hlgh board fence He had never seen such a saucy queer lxttle blrcl before It was rather mterestmg Maybe he could start a con versatzon wlth thls httle stranger He barked a few xnquisxtive barks whlch served as Hullo who are you? I m lonesome are you? Hee Hee He rasped back the saucy llttle stranger and hopped a llttle nearer the fence Now that wasn t a very n1ce way to answer a. fellow s C1V1l quest1on but maybe nf he trled agam the other would answer less rudely so Trlx ventured to bark back a pleasant I say it s very dull around here at tlus tune lsnt lt? Hee Hee Hee laughed the httle blue fellow sk1pp1ng a lxttle closer Trxx cocked hns head on one s1de and vlewed thls rude companion wxth per plexed eyes No other bxrd from the nelghborhood had treated hlrn thus It was true that they xgnored hlm. or sat on the boughs and twlttered pleas antly to h rn a b1t but they never laughed at h1m as thxs new comer d1d Hzs master couldnt have tramed hmm as well as Dorothy tramed Tr1x hxmself Th1s saucy fellow needed to be put 1n hls place All these thoughts were gomg rapldly through Trlxs mlnd wh1le the Blue Jay ventured nearer and nearer the board fen e chucklxng to hlmself all the wh1le Cant you say anythzng but Hee Hee growled Trxx lettlng hls feel mgs show a llttle b1t I can lf I want to chackled back the saucy stranger but you cant stop me And he came rlght out on the fence post at the foot of whlch lxttle Tux stood Oh can t I Trxx barked sharply and he Jumped at the cocky blrd only to land agam and hear the Hee Hee a llttle nearer If you cant get me there maybe you can get me here tvntted the Blue Jay falrly slupplng on the fence wlth merrxment Trlx by thxs tlme was sk1pp1ng also but not mdeed from merrlment Oh 1f he could only get hold of that maddenmg teaser What was that' Trxx prlcked up hls ears and stopped capermg Hurrah' Dorothys home from school hell go and play wlth her and not bother wxth that fellow on the fence He dldnt want to catch hxm anyway Off he went almost trlppmg hlmself wxth haste and not so much as lookmg back as the Blue Jay hurled h1s last taunt and new off chucklmg Q , - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 . . . , t . . - . 1 - 1 1 . V. . . Cr . . . ' 1 u 1 11 1 1 1 ' u D H ' 1 1 M1 1 - , 1 - 1 1 1 1 W 1 - n 1 1 ' 1 1 . . . , . ,, , . . H 1 ,, on . . . . 1 1 1 1 - i . . . - . . . , . , 1 . . . . . . . , . . Q n . . . n. , . u 1 ' 4 1 11 - - - 1 - 1 u - 11 ' 11 1 1 1 11 . . . ' 1 u 1 11 - 1 . 1 ' 1 1 9. ' u 11 1 , 1 an 1 11 ,- 1 1 ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 . . , - . . , . , Y 1 -

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