Castleton High School - Parrot Yearbook (Castleton, NY)

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4 ooo +0-Q-o-0-00004-oaoooooqo-o-roooo oo none 111 xxhuh the luxullant max- thllxex tl1.1t1mxx.1tu 11 dxdllable on th it NQLUOII of the moon nhl' h ue thu 61SQd md th it mam queel ammalx ln ed ln cava dug Ill the Soft lOLk One oi thexe dmmfxlx ue d1Stu1bed at 1tQ f1 cu ng mnal lt hid a bodx e that of a cat all c mxelu X It lll N thlee toex on ea oo 1 head lxke .1 Lollle dog. 1.11 llke .1 IH 11 'uf 1 ony snoul vu we fil t mm hlm we ,ou c hi u x tm 1m mm tlu1g1.ux N0 119411 x a f H011 thox co mee Vhgn xu Kllxtlll rec fus Qmz f .1mm.1- 1 gm 1 hlgzh pltn ec lueal .md began To puff It lmdx up It su elled 'in Nuvlled 1111 I thought xt would slll x huwt hut It fixmllw NLU111Ld off ln the glaw Px th s tlme the 91X homs allowed us fm wmlolatlmm xx IQ neallk un so me hastened to the c 11 xxlfh 1 xeu complete and detalled de SLIIDUOII oi I1f9 on thf moon as ue mm lt We Gun od '1tthL 4.11 a l1ttl1lmfo1cthQ othels .md 1'lSl0d 0UlHl,l'lN pac imp .max svxual Qmecl mf ns me h ul gatheled but Iimeson md Pledo Wh -.mm 4llllNCd .md uc hdped them pack up than m.1tU1.1l AQ ve had .1 sholt tlme left hc fOl9 Quutlngr bank f01 the efuth ue all nent oatslde to spend the time thele Then lt hip pened QL ddenl the .111 XKdSl9l1fbX a an flom one of the plgmles -Xt the sueam bedlam xx ae let loose Tmx auoxw no blgger than toothplcki h aderl xxlth Qmall DIBLQQ of stone, Hen at UQ and Q0 thuklx d1d thex fix that lt Seemed llke 11 X811tdblC snow of RIIOVSS Xl henex er thex hit thex Ntung .md then stmg xnxx xels Qlmllal +0 + n 0 1 1 Qulpll-fd hx this 'lttac we rushed mto the c ll md nlosed the 001 'lhls xx ls done none too mon fm 1 f16Nh almx of natlxes Lould be seen applodchlllg VS hen ldmexou mu these 1G1Hf0lL6I'I1CIltS aomlmz he wostzled xo 011261, U at once tunefl e m.1Lh.m1sm of the cal to lespcmd to the pow 91 lidlatnd hom the ealth .ind ue shuted bank home On thy xxax home ue leaxned that O H011 xlmn had tned to hung one of the plg H1198 home xuth hlm and we deuded that th s must haw been tne lemon tm the Nudden out lneak 1 14111111 tmp xx iw unucntiul We IHS ec 1 1 4.11 .im fin. 1 ' If 0 t L ha 11 0 mu gn lt NUIIHISQ xx 1 ue oun wmv xox to be n . ll un nun fwm xxhlch xw hid stalted e JI mm u inwxm N KUIIHYIX obxend mx 11' inwwx L'l7ldlIlCd thu I mm the tlme Xu 'md 01 out to the uma we had letlllfled a mu 0 x ugh :mu .ic 6dDNLl mc 1I1thlN tlmn the vuth h id made txxo complete lex olutlons WL zll lllflllllflfl home that mght and the next nent to we on the xpue nu had Nl 1 om the tmp L mn IIINDQLUUII hmxec af 1 ui in . n1u1u11Nn1u th Dum 0 I e mm Nux .um xxhu -. lmk thi uutm uhm 1 1lthoug1notxe1x h.n .s uwugh tu Illlll u mx cnm hn xns 099000:ooo000OOQQQQQQQQQQQQQOOQQOQQQ THF IARR T OOQQ-oo-Q-Q4-oo-Q-00049900099-Q-40940000000-4 m 1nts F1OYT1th'1ttlTY1QtlJth1S no Il'ldI1l1dN ue-1 It dlSLOXLl9d the nonxtints of the IYlLLll2'lIl1i-TTI u the Dllentol 1 ough mam hum Xmm urns IH Nedxchxng fm them Bu' lf uvbofx Nhould ex 91 Succeed IH gomg to the moon 1511111 xxx not Xouc safe Cllillthlllg' to he IN ug ound lt Exeuthmp: llIld9IH09N clmllgfes xml mm .md fm all I knmx so doex the nmon Thurxton Paul NIC HF' I' c kuliu. tolls thu knell of paltmgr 1 JK m ve 1 e um to 11 new .1111 o m Gras Q hlcg -Xnmng. thoxe XAIIOUN pmnhologual Qtatem to xxhlnh the human Illllld ls sometlmes Qulnected ls that DGLUIIAI .md somwhat hlghlx unplezw mt mental POSlt'0H XXIISIQIII the Qubject 14 un del those condltlons th it xx ould matellallx haxe Q Went upon hu mmd sunh as feal Angel tenor cv 111, othu Stl1,L'C of men al L 1X1 X In lea 11 It lk 1 c we ot xelf SUbOldlIldtlOI1 to tmsu psulmloglnal staws muntmned xxhuh lfTCLt the wulnuts mentilltx Ill such .1 wax as to muse hxm to see mam mend IHUSIOHS hw thoughts olldlfied the 16SllltS of uhlch .ue Qomehmefa Lmbaxlassmg when the CI1bhlOL1dlH1,Z' mxstelx has been remoxed and AQ lt flequentlx oc ms, the consequences arq efctlemelv amazmg It was ln a posxtlon s1m1lar to thm that I x .is Quddenlx lmmelged when durmg mx efzrls Lhlldhood fol the first tlme mx fathel left me 111.14 tudllx alone m a supelannuated and lfzthex gloomx HIHHQIOU xwlth an aged negro SC1XdI1t As It nu the house, Sll1l0UIld6d xxlth t'1ll elms .md fxonted bx can .mea of denQe thlcketx took on 1 most smguhu .aspect Four hlgh plllarv, held aloft '1 long, ulde balcony the 1011 61 ver ndd ww, m Atself qulte plaln, fol the 1'1l11I1g had been long lnmox ed and the onlx means of 1l1llYI11I'18tl0H at nlght was bx cl large ornate lamp nh nh hung m m1da11, suspended bx thlck 11011 chdlns xxhlch when the vxlnd was hlgh ueeked HO1bl1X Two xxmgs, on elther Slde of thc mam blllldlflg gaxe the hoube lts entlrets , the xx hole 9tlLlLtLl18 was encompaised bx a road xxhuh led off at a tangent to the mam hlghxmw ahead Completelx CDLIOSIIIQ' the extensne fl0llUdS was 1 hlgh stone wall, uhlch idded to the lllLddX 1o1m1d.1ble aspect presented hx thlq dull domdm The dtmoxphele Nlfhlll vs as the sam? 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190 O-6-O-6'-O-O46-6-6 ope1ate the space cal Iameson 1nformed me that thls xxas hls 1nxent1on the Dlrectol by xxh1ch he could control not onlx the d1rect1on of the path of the sh1p but also the speed from a talt ng pull or 111195 per hou1 to maxlmum peed -Xll other machlnerx he sald xxas under the H001 The xn 1de of the ca1 xx as llghted not bx anx a1t1flc1al l1g1t but bx sunllght xxh1ch ll dur1ng our t11p flooded our ca1 -lll the xxh11e I xx as bemg shoxxn aboard the hlp p1ox1s1ons xxe e b 1ng loaded Into the car I also notlced that omethxng xx as be1ng pumped IHYO a sepa1ate compartment aboxe our head I late1 learned that th1s xx as oxxgen to enablc Us to breath x nen x e had passed the bl 1 vc 1 o a1r that s1111ounds the earth and xx vc IH spac xxhere thelc ls no ox gen to breathe 4' At 8 14 Jamc 011 came to us and all u 1t xx s t1me to prepare to l axe Ile all dld b 1 I dare say not xxlthout cons1derable trepldatlon Af er 'he dool had been closed and screxxed doxxn untll It xxas a11t1ght lameson gaxe each of us a mask somexxhat resemblmg a gas mask You xx1ll not need these noxx he sa1d b cause oxygen IS supplled to us automatlcally from the tanks xx h1le xxe remaln IH the car You xx1ll haxe no use for them unt1l xxe reach the moon but I xv1ll glxe them to xou noxx to 3V01d delax then At exactlx 8 15 Jameson pulled a SQTIQS of plugs and QXY1tCh8S and sloxxlx the space car left the earth One xxe had started from the earth there xxas no sensatlon of speed The earth seemed merelx to float axxax from us as xx xtched It d1m1n1sh IH SIZE Hoxx fast do xou thlnk xxe are go1ng'7 .1 ked Jameson Oh s'11d the Russlan about 91ghtX mlles per hour and I agreed xx 1th h1m Gentlemen Sald the professo1 th1s car 1S hurtllng thru space at a rate of speed hereto fore unknoxxn to man except IH h1s lmaglnatlon Our speed IS noxx flxe thousand three hundred hftv m1les per hOIll At th1Q late It xx1ll take us about foltx fixe hours to coxer the 240 750 mlles to the moon Ile xx1ll then haxe about slx hours fo1 explo1at1on and for tx fix hours IH xxh1ch to 1eturn home bx 8 13 oclock on the exen1ng of lulx thlld Open mouthed xxe heard these xxords F1xe thou and thlee hundred flft mlles per hour' And th fastest speed ex er befole attalned bx man x as somethmg oxe1 three hundred m1les per hour At o Oo o clock on the exen1ng of Julx first fte1 xe had spun along for neallx fortx fixe hou s P1 ofessor Jameson told us that xxe xxere ea mg the moon Ixe all looked out of the xx1ndo nd xxe c a 101 lded to see that the 11fa e of the moo s not sl e1x as on on the oalth mlght conch do aal a x e bel1exed up to tl IS tlme b11t b oxxn '1 xxe lushed nearer 0-9- Q-9444400-0-9. and nearer darker spots began to appear 1n the b1oxxn These became mo1e d1st1nct as xxe came st11l CIOSGI and seemed l1ke great blotches of r d 1nk sp1llecl on a broxxn surface Bx thlg t1me xxe xx e1e q 11te close to the sur fa e of the moon and at exactlx a quarter past ixe xxe landed on the moon xx1th a sharp bump U e all donned the masks xx h1ch Iamcson had glx en LQ p1 ex1ousIx and after xxe had un screxxecl the doo1 one b one stepped thru the doolxxav of the C31 to g t the su1pr1se of our hx es xxe found that the surface of the moon IS cox ered xx1th long luxuuant blades of grass but the grass IS broxx n1sh red 1n color glxlng the moon 1ts st1ange color and runnlng thru the grass xxe1e hordes of p1gm1es no larger than one s thumb There seemed to be m1ll1ons of them tll1OIIglI1g about our car From the1r appearance I should sax thev xxe1e more mtellectual than Earth dxxellers Thex xxe1e on the axeraffe about flxe lnches tall The1r heads xx ere 1ema1kablx large 1n pro ro t1on to the r st of the1r bOdl9S sometlmes larger than golf balls and xx ere surmounted by proport1onatelv enormous ears Dark eved and elloxx sk1nned they had long dehcate noses extlem lx sens1t1xe 1n appearance and xerx small necks As a result of the contrast of the large head xx1th the t1nv neck the Lunarlans las xxe chrlstened theml appeared top heaxx but none xxere Another thlng xxe especlallx notlced xxas the total absence of ha1r on the1r bodles Thex xxere absolutelv bald and had no exebroxxs and evelashes The1r apparel xvas xxox en of the soft grasses and xxe1r1ng sandal of the same materlal thex xxo1e no head cox er lng and each carrled 1 m1n1ature boxx and ar 1oxx the1r sole xxeapons After xxe had xxrltten doxxn xe1x deta1led de scrlptlons of these l1ttle creatures x e made a test to determ1ne the amount ot oxxgen p1esent 1n the moon s atmosphere Contz 11X to the gen eral bel1ef that there 15 no oxx gen at all there xxe found lt to be plesent but IH such small quantltles that lt xxas msufliclent fo1 the sup port of Earth m n Onlx plants and anlmals especlallx adapted to th s lack of oxx gen could 9XlQt on the moon As soon as xxe commenced to xx alk xxe found that due to the fact that g121X1l2V on the moon 1 much less than on the earth xxe Jumped to thc helght of thlee 01 f0Ul feet at ex e1x step XQXLI theless xxe soon accustomcd OUISSIXGQ to ou1 trange su1round1ngs and ex1st1ng cond1t1on and xx ent on to explore a b1t Ile d1x1ded 1nto txxo pa1t es and I xxas dele gated to accompanx the mechan1c xx h1le lame son and Pledoxltch made no the othel partx Both gloups sepalated and xx ent the11 oxxn x axs each trx1ng to get a much m'1ter1al as rosslble Dur1ng o11r expIorat1o'1s Pat and I d1scoxc1ed manx 1nte1e lY1 7 facts that th urfa e cf lee moon 1 fo' med of a xer soft +0-9-0+ J u n e , 3 O-O-GOOD-O-00 50-O-6-O-OC-O5-O-O-0-O-O-O ' Ol-Q 9 Q '1 fr . 1: 1 D 1 l . . - . . . , A, . 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ne, 19 4-0-o-Q04-4-9-4-Q4-9-4 0 9 0 4-Q4 but a mele box 1nd not ln a xelx healthx phx S1 cal condltlon An account ln the ex enlng papel stalted mx cllk fI'l9IIdw SLIDQISIIIIOLIS mmcl on 1 most ghostl c LIQGI xx hen upon examlnlng the nexxs shcft xxlth a dlllgence characterlstlc of hlm c f Lncl Tom suddenlx comlng acloss the ltem began le'1d1ng It aloud BIIQIIX lt stated 1h1t -1 notol-lous thlef xxanted ln sex elsl states lol CIIXCIS erlmes nas 1bloacl 1nd h1d been LCII '1 IILIIHIJGI of tlmes ln the applolclmate xlclnltx of oul lesldence The H6210 xxas of 1 paler hue xxhen he fxnlshed hls leadlngs Alleadx I saxx that the m1ttel h 1d ffected hlm mole th 1n mx self al though I xxas of 1n age to le1l17e the 1,Z!'1X1tX ofthe Sltll 1t1on I aguelx xx 911 cl thoughts came to m mlllil thoughts xxhlch aftel the claxllght h1d f1ded 1nd the xxlncl had GDI ung up soon lfl LLtLil me 1nd multlplled I a cold e xnnx 1tmosphele settled 0x91 us The stl 11n on mx companlon s constltutlon YTIOTIIEIIIIIIIX glexx gleatel Bx DISXIOLIS 32189 ment he h1d brought hls cot lnto mx room up s 1lls 1nd fOI thls re1son hls fears xxele quelled NUI'II9IKl'llt Hoxxexer on 1scent to the UIIJC1 tlool I DQICEIX ed 1 bllght gleaming ob 1cct III hls hand It xxas lmposslble to lestlaln lng thlng to be IIBZOI Xt th It moment S1ITlllltdI'19OllSlX from those 11l1ck depths fl om xxhlch xxe had just emerged 1 1me 1 fl 1nt1e seleeeh accompanled bx a sloxx dull hldeous glllld A pln touch could haxe toppled me I xxas ti,IlOl1ZLll The pool neglo xxlth mouth agape xld ex cs llL'illX DIOULICIIHH fl0III thell sockets tell on the H001 1nd ln 1 deep lexelent XOILC IlLII71LCllN lmploled I 1xxs o NI1ss1 he s got me dont shoot' Lpon lecox GIIIUI mx senses aftel these tel llble moments I attempted to bl axe an esplana tlon Illtllflllt IX 111 dld 0111 tholough lnx Qbtl L.,ltl0II DIOXC Oul onlx means of q9Lll1ltX xxas to ploceed to oul loom But the most dleaded ot mx fe1ls h1d been leallzed I xxas on the xelge of 1 IIQIXOUS collapse As afolesald the xxlncl had come up to a glen extent and LIOSQ Lllll9IIfS of 311 caused mx ch1mbel to become an ocean of moxlng thlngs Thls had occurled m-1nx tlmes DIGXI ous but on thls paltlcular nlght I lntelpleted the se'1 of motlons ln t9llO1S lnnumelable It xxas IITIIIOSSIIJIQ to sleep soundlx altho I man 1ged to espellence a QGIIES of lestless nap Lpon '1xx 'lkenlng flom one of these noctoulnal slestas I xxas stupefled bx the slght of an lm nlense folm bx the doolxxax It dld not moxe hoxx ex 61 xxhen '1 heaxx bound apparentlx a H01 c1me f10m the H8210 the masslxe shape x 1nlshed lnto Plutonlan darkness 1 complete d ze I 31086 and e thoughts come to me but xaguelx I 31038 tlom mx lest and xx lth '1 sloxx xet determlned 4-0 0-0 fep I folloxxed the p1th the apparatlon had t1ken ln flxght Noxx deal ltillfil to knoxx elcactlx mx sltu xtlon 1nd those l10lIll'Jl9 scenes that came to mx exh1ustcd mxnd xou must lemember that mx bl 11n xx IS on the xelge of a mental collapse I had be en flenzled bx the ghostlx happenlngs 1t h 1 lllst OLLLIIIBC I had nexer een tlong xxllled 1nd llke the black I could not cope xxlth the tellols of mx predlcament -Xnd sl exen then I xx alked stealthlly llleamllx LIIIHIIIIQIX tothe Qllmmlt of the stalr case In the dukness beloxx I dlstln IIIIISIICII the xxhlte lobe of mx t1ntal17er -X sudden SlLkLIIllI2' tIQl'!'lOl clept thlll me I foncd I 'Nix God Ih'1d been awed' IU x 15 I XXIIIG here I exc erl fnced the 1, illlllll' pun of th It splnnlng xxeapon loosed tlom the h 1nd of the Thing doxxnstalrs IIh1t h1ppened llllllllll the next fexx mo ments I knoxx not Hoxxexel xxhen I FQYIVQII tot1l consclousness I lax at the foot of he txlls 1nd xx 1s lookmg lnto the klndlx ex es of mx f1thcl To clcplun to mx p1lent xxas lmposslble tlleleffllf. 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