Collinsville High School - Kahokian Yearbook (Collinsville, IL)

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Many hours later, a very tired and very lonely Miguel stood on the wck, peering into the deep black sea. just one more step and all his troubles ould be over. just one more step . . . What was that noise? Men were imingl A crew of sailors! Miguel scurried beneath the wharf and peered J at the large boisterous men who shouted and sang as they passed, carry- g large crates of supplies to the far end of the dock. Curiosity lengthened fery step as Miguel raced beneath the underlying timbers to the far end of ,e dock! Cautiously' he skirted the last beam until, excited, and out of eath, he was able to observe three sturdy, sailing ships anchored in the trbor. Streams of men poured in and out of the ships, intent on making ie wharf's mountain of cargo disappear within the hulk of the ship. Miguel listened intently to the various conversations going on. One pnversation between two well-dressed men seemed especially interesting. way I see it, Antonio, the earth is shaped much the same as and sun which we can see. This expedition will prove or dis- theory. My calculations show that by sailing directly West, I 'll reach the far Eastern part of the world we now know. Do you under- nd what I mean, Antonio? Yes, Mr. Colombo, yes. I have explained to the crews, and although they nnot grasp all of it, they trust your judgment? That's fine, Antonio. Try also to explain to them that we may see New World and carry home great hoards of treasure. The e moon ove my , fi? llllxll' jf: 'f::. - ,......:--.l... --?Q ,,....l-. .g....-T-I2-e -Q-1 ',,.,:'.-----W 3 ff ,......-qgd' 2 1, 555 '1i1lY!!'l' l, w L1- Y ll l . W ' f Il db ,f!f!.i4lg,iil' A x Girl' il 4 HJ Kill T' illl .'-' T W 1 -L Petit: lit! um 1 l 4. i IX- ' 1 alll ' ll X' Mu ss- '55, v . if zeal Mfg X W f' Q ,125 .u fi, Dj, -fi x , 1 D 0 xx- XD 5 j Q! R ki ll .ll irq a B .,,,, 5 bm X R l ' - 0 jx? kg Vff J' fi ,wx W W Wx if fi? XJ N X

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f-5 ,,ff 'fX , ,f f' 1 X x ff fd X ,M ,f X XX V A xJ ,., X TTQJ' Long ago and far away, in the land we now know as Spain, there l down by the boat docks and wharves of a great seaport town, a very but very poor family of mice. Bravest and most adventuresome of all twenty-nine children was Miguel. Everyday Miguel skirted the wharves and docks to listen to the l W f 1 X talk of the sea-faring men. What a great thing to be a sailor, he tho QM fb to himself. Someday, I, too, shall be a strong and brave sailor. And ,-is A it a fresh new courage in his heart he would strut back to his home u V L f L , the sailor's bunkhouse where all twenty-eight of his brothers and si: LX W l Ex gi. his mother and father, and his aunts and uncles and all his cousins, sh Q- a castaway sail, a hoist of knotted rope, and all the food that each on Zhql lmwim -lv 7 them could find or steal during the day. ...,-QS g pi 4, Fl , One night when Miguel came home, he realized that there wasr N vi gp ig T smile on any of the forty-four faces that greeted him. The inevitable N --,xi happened! The law of supply and demand had caught up with them. T 53- just wasn't enough food to go around anymore. NS? Poor Miguel. Being the oldest of all the children he realized Qi 1 the time had come for him to go out on his own. What a lonely thou W fli I If T o With a tear in his eye and an ache in his heart, he slowly began to ga T A, ,f V if l ,X X up the few things that he could call his own: a ragged coat that had , b ,gf K X X 1 belonged to his father, a knitted cp that his dear, departed Aunt Mi If i ff f'i i gf if Q ly X ' had made, and some bread crumbs and cheese, all of which he packe V 1 M V 1 a leather pouch that his mother had made from a dead sailor's doubloon p K kiln I' ' Small tears trickled down his cheeks as he kissed his aunts and u 1 ' and cousins, each of his brothers and sisters, and his father and m y L X' . -- r, p f oodbye. .. ,MX tix K t A J 8 J . N l i f lr T f S f -.a it S '- wx ,Q ll ' 1 in i. .. 'li 'l iii 1 fifrflyitll ' li M- , ' fi .ull ,ill W' l QNX A ll lr l l f g-W., 6 4, My 1, Q X 1 ii ' MQ, llli-.il-ill ,fl - -fish at X, . t w , ' Q , . , A i ol. f az 0 li' fi.tti.z! 4- . . B , it rfb t ii we teal f he use fa Qfkfsj

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