Calhoun School - Ink Pot Yearbook (New York, NY)

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ink pot the haunted house W E had been driving all day and loward nighllall we arrived al a small village. There were no holels, so we wenl lo lhe nearesl house. As I knocked on lhe door, a dog barked lrom wilhin and soon an old lady opened lhe door. We asked for sheller and she allowed us lo remain lor lhe nighl. We were cold and lired and decided lo slay, in spile ol lhe poor hospilalily shown us. We were laken inlo a large room wilh an old-lashioned bed in lhe cenler. Il looked so inviling lhal we soon fell asleep. Suddenly I awoke. There seemed lo be someone in lhe room. I could hear a groan now and lhen which gradually died away inlo a whisper. Across lhe window pane appeared a black shadow wilh lhe Iargesl head I ever saw. I dared nol waken my sisler for lear ol lrighlening her. Would morning ever come? We dressed hurriedly and I lold my sisler ol lhe horrors ol lhal nighl. The old lady asked us if we had slepl well. I lold her whal had happened. She laughed and said. Thal was lhe wind you heard coming down my old chimney, and lhe shadow across your window was my cal lhal prowls al nighl. We lell as soon as we could and resolved never again lo sleep in a slrange place. TESSA LIPPMAN, Sixlh Grade. nigalak NIGALAK was a li++Ie Eskimo boy. He lived in lhe Far Norlh. His molher's name was Ikwa. His lal'her's name was Agoonack. One day Nigalak's molher was having a baby. She named il Nipsu. Agoonack was on a hunl. When he came back he had a polar bear. His molher skinned il righl away because she needed lood and clolhes lor Nipsu. Nigalak was oul playing wilh his lriends. Eskimo children play shooling games and lhey fish. When Nigalalc gol home his molher had some bear meal ready. Nigala'4 was hungry and lired. He ale and lhen he wenl lo sleep. GLORIA BARNETT, Third Grade. m0ther's love UNE day as molher bear was in lhe woods leeding her young cubs, she smell danger in lhe air. The molher bear was willing lo risk her lile lor lhem. When she discovered lhal hunlers were aller her and her cubs, she quickly lold her cubs lo run away. The molher was lacing sudden dealh. As lhe hunler was aboul lo shool, lhe sherill ol lhe counly came along and said, You know lhis is nol lhe hunling season. You will gel a hundred dollars line or a hundred days in iail. While lhey were arguing lhe molher bear slipped away and lound her cubs. Animals are like people in lheir supreme love lor lheir children. MURIEL SIMON, Sixlh Grade. the sun and the moon While lhe sun lies lasl asleep, The slars inlo lhe dark nighl peep. The moon so yellow and so brighl Is dubbed lhe guardian ol lhe nighl. While il slowly passes by, The slars lheir nighl walch keep on high. The sun awakes from his long sleep And from his warm bed, slowly creeps. ll is lhe break ol lhe coming dawn. Il is lhe slarl ol a beaulilul morn. The sun is rising higher, high. 'Tis day, lhe sun is lhe king ol lhe sky. IRMA NEWMAN, Sixlh Grade. lilly-eighl

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in k po t a surprise ONE morning Early Bird asked his moTher if he could go ouT To see his C-5randmoTher. Early Bird's moTher said, You may go laTer, because she is busy now. When you go you musT be very quief because she has a surprise Tor you. Early Bird was so exciTed ThaT he could noT waiT. Soon iT came Time To go. Early Bird asked his mofher Tor his bow and arrow. His moTher said. l don'T Think you beTTer Take your bow and arrow To your GrandmoTher's. She mighT noT like iT. Don'T you remember l Told you she has a surprise Tor you? So Early Bird wenT To his GrandmoTher's. He was very exciTed while he was on The way. When Early Bird goT There, he remembered whaT his moTher had Told him, so he was very quieT. When he opened The TenT Tlap whaT do you Think he saw? Why There on his GrandmoTher's lap was a liTTle baby sisTer. The very TirsT Thing Early Bird asked was, WhaT is The baby's name? GrandmoTher looked up aT Early Bird and said, When your moTher comes she will give The baby her name. When Running WaTer came she said The baby's name would be BrighT Eyes, because she had such brighT eyes. BARBARA LIGHTFOOT. Third Grade. jane ti etner JANE TIETNER was a very rich miser and, unTorTunaTely Tor The people who worked There. owned Springvale's largesT Cannery. Now everybody knew ThaT she was always cross, buT, she was Twice as cross during The Two weeks oT special canning because everybody came in Tor advice concerning canning The smaller vegeTables. On This parTicular morning, The sevenTh day of special canning, Jane was unbearable. She yelled aT everybody, unTil no one came in Tor advice aT all. Then, when The room was empTy oT humaniTy, excepTing Jane, The door opened creaking and-There!-upon The Threshold sTood a weird old man TransparenT as a pane oT glass. Jane saT There as if she were paralyzed. Suddenly The ghosT moved. iTs meTallic garmenTs clanking. Then. a minuTe's suspense, To Jane iT seemed like hours, and The ghosT Talked: Jane TieTner. you have sinned a greaT many wrongs. You are cruel, mean, wicked and, above all, you sTeal from your workers. You hoard your pennies like Fafner and Hreidman. The Andvari gold. You musT sTopl RepenT your sins or else six monThs To live are yours. Jane, repenT your sins, repenT your sins, do beTTer, do beTTer . . . The voice Trailed oT'T and when Jane looked up The ghosT was gone, Ever aTTer Jane TrieTel was known Tor The kindness and hospiTaliTy she besTowed upon ofhers. G-LADYS V. MARKELL, SixTh Grade. the ghost of the corner lot The C-5hosT of The Corner LoT walked by His howls made all The children cry, He walked by nighT and slepT by day. His groans would TrighTen Them away. UnTil one day a knighT walked by And heard The people scream and cry, Alas, The ghosT will walk TonighTl He Took his sword and cried, Fear noT, l'll slay The GhosT oT The Corner LoT. The knighT was up when The ghosT walked by And he heard his eerie, shrilling cry, He drew his sword and wiTh one sTroke The supersTiTion of The people broke. The ghosT no longer will walk by, No longer will The children cry, No longer will The people Tear, Because The ghosT will noT appear. TESSA LIPPMAN, SixTh Grade. TiTTy-seven

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in k pot the twins B ARBARA and Mary were Twins. One day Their TaTher came home wiTh a Twinkle in his eye. What is iT? cried Mary and Barbara. I knowl said Mary. WhaT7 asked Barbara. Tomorrow is Hallowe'en, you know. Yes, said Barbara. WeII. FaTher has someThing Tor Hallowe'en. Ohl exclaimed Barbara. This Time The Twinkle in TaTher's eye grew bigger. WelI. said moTher, l Think iT is Time for you To go To bed. So do l, said TaTher, l do noT wanT To be boThered. BUT please Tell us whaT iT is. FaTher shook his head. So oTT To bed They wenT. ln The morning They saw a big pumpkin in TronT oT Their beds. Thank youl Thank youl They shouTed as They ran inTo Their TaTher's room. How would you like a Hallowe'en party? Oh, yes! They boTh shouTed. I inviTed some oi your friends, TaTher Told Them. 'WhaT Time are They coming? AT Twelve o'clock. Oh, goodyl Run upsTairs and puT on your besT dresses, said father. So up The sTairs They ran. As soon as They goT downsTairs, a group oT children came rushing inTo The room. When all The children went home They all dreamed oT The nice Hallowe'en parTy. ARLYNE PROPPER. Third Grade. an adventure underground H ELEN was picking Tlowers in The Tields when she saT down under a Tree To resT, Thinking, How nice iT would be iT someThing inTeresTing would happen. The nexT Thing Helen saw was someThing gIiTTer in The corner oT a cave. She wondered if The gliTTer was a monsTer's eyes. She was TrighTened and looked abouT To see if There was a chance To escape, when she saw a Tunnel leading To The sea. GreaT waves were splashing againsT The rocks in Tury. There wasn'T any noise excepT The roaring and splashing oT The sea. Helen knew The gliTTer couldn'T be a monsTer or iT would growl. She looked again and saw ThaT iT was gold. She ran To The gold and gaThered handfuls oT iT, dropping iT To hear The Tinkling sound. She Tilled her pockeTs wiTh as much gold as They would hold, Thinking whaT a pleasanT surprise her parenTs would have. Helen leTT The cave by walking Through The long Tunnel unTil she reached The beach. The waves were so greaT They seemed To splash her. She awoke in The midsi of pouring rain. the apple tree ln my garden is a Tree, ThaT blossoms There Tor us To see. And as I waTch The apple Tree, IT geTs bigger iusT Tor me. ln my Tree There is a nesT, There The bird Tamily grows The besT. They sing sweeTer Than all The resT, IT seems as iT They never resT. GLORIA GARTEN, FourTh Grade. what i saw Alone in The nighT On a dark hill, WiTh pines around me Spicy and sTill. And a heaven Tull oi sTars Over my head- WhiTe and 'Topaz And misTy red. NORMA SHAPIRO, FiTTh Grade. continents There-'s Asia on The avenue. And Europe on The sTreeT: And Airica goes plodding BeneeTh my window seaT. This is The promised land of dreams Where worlds and naTions meeT. Ah, do not say romance is gone- Behold The ciTy sTreeT. BARBARA KELLNER, Fourih sta rs You gleam up in The sky so high, l beg oT you. please Tell me why. BuT please sTay up There all The while. Because- l like your smile. You look like lanTerns in The sky, BUT all The while l wonder why. Grade. BARBARA KELLNER, FourTh Grade. JOAN SAMEK, Fiifh Grade. TiTTy-nine