Colonel E Brooke Lee Middle School - Cougar Yearbook (Silver Spring, MD)

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Snow I'm looking out the window At a snow covered field I'm looking out the window To see when it will yield. The snowflakes aren't whirling For it's not a windy day I Ijust can't wait any longer 'Cause I want to ride my sleigh. The trees stand out tall and straight Like little toy soldiers guarding a gate Everything is so very quiet Like nothing is living. y Nothing is stirring, not a breath of wind Itis so quiet and soft and beautiful. But every year it will snow And I'll never be able to wait until I can go And play and enjoy the snow. The snowflakes are so big Their falling on my wig And It's so very cold I think I'm getting old. I love the snow I'll catch it on my tongue I'll eat all the snowflakes Every single one. So while it lasts I will play And ride and ride On my sleigh. Tobie Caron Courage Courage is your first handspring without a spotter. Courage is walking home after darli when you are sure someone is behind that bush up ahead. Courage is when you finally look at the grade on the math test that you never really understood. Courage is when you forgot to do ybur homework and admit it without any excuses. Courage is when you admit you weie talking when the teacher has already yelled at your best flriend. Most of all, courage is diving intro a freezing cold swimming pool at 8 a.m. for two hours bf wind sprints the morning after you lost all your races the night before. Carol 'llantum l I l What I Like to Think About When nothing seems to be going lny way, There isn't really anything to do. So I rest awhile, and think of things, Which can be bright and new. l I think of cows, Q In their meadowsiwith hay. 1 And how fish can swim, , In a lake, stream or bay. I l I like to put my thoughts, On the problems of some states, l And how they can survive, When death is at high rates. However there has been some great discoveries, Like the U.S. reaching the moon. And scientists are trying to find a oure for T.B., Which should be ready soon. l But there really is some bad in this world, Even though most of it is fair. y So try and make this world a betterl place to live, For you and your fellow man. I by Harvey Smilovitz l l 42

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WHY BIRDS CHIRP When God created the earth he created birds. The birds would fly around and they would screech all day long. For millions of years this went on, and their voices were so shrill they shook the gates of heaven. Of course, God got angry because he ran up a big bill paying the carpenter. So he fixed the birds screech in a way so that no one suspected him of doing it. When the birds were asleep he poured water down their throats. He made it stay down in their throats by the screech cords. So when the birds went to screech, they got a girgle effect, thus making the chirps they have today. Mike Parrell FEAR Fear is racing the neighborhood kids down dead- man's hill on bicycles and discovering your chain has snapped. Fear is hearing the garbage disposal make a horrible grinding sound and trying to remember where you put your ring when you washed the dishes. Fear is hearing the telephone ring and knowing it's your English teacher calling your parents about your test paper. Fear is seeing the letter in the mail remind- ing your mother it's time for your annual dental checkup. Fear is finding out your brother told the toughest kid in the school you could lick him any day of the week. Fear is seeing the tropical fish you just paid S25 .00 for swimming sideways along the bottom of the tank. Stephen Shepherd SCHOOL A science lab Drives me mad, Math tests What a pest. Geography maps Make me want to take naps, English grammar Gonna make me stammer. Finally school is done And now it's time for fun! Karen Tykal Deb Wei HOW WE GOT THE MOON AND STARS The earth giants were the first people to live on earth. They were eighteen feet tall, and weighed one-half ton apiece. The giants were primitive, but they used slingshots for weapons. At that time, there was no gravity, and they tied themselves down so that they wouldn't float away. One day the giants were having a big war. They picked up huge rocks to use in their slingshots. Two giants, Constel and Lation, shot at the same time, and their rocks hit high in the air. The rocks smashed into billions of tiny pieces, caught on tire, and became magnetic. Of course, they didn't fall down because there was no gravity. A few days later some people and animals went outside, but forgot to tie them- selves down. They floated up in the sky, and joined to the flaming rock. These figures make our constella- tions and the Zodiac signs. Eventually, the stars learn- ed to stay in the sky, and you only see a falling star once in a while. Martha Bosma When Santa Claus- Comes A good time is coming, I wish it were here, the very best time in the whole of the year, I'm counting each day on my fingers and thumbs-The weeks that must pass before Santa Clause comes. Then when the big snowflakes begin to come down and the wind whistles sharp and the branches are brown, I'll not mind the cold, though my fingers it numbs, for it brings the time nearer when Santa Claus comes. Vonda Craycraft

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I Heard A Prediction fHours Before The Fightj I heard a prediction, that in the fight, Mohamad will knock Joe, out of sight. Like a big explosion, from a small bout, Taking Joe Frazier, for a trip way out. There in the sky, at the point of midnight, Don't be surprised to see an odd sight. Cause it will be Frazier, trying to flee, From the hard punching fist of Mohamad Ali. Billions will wait, even in cold weather, To see if Joe Frazier, comes down together. After a while, when he comes down in vain, Ali will be ready, to knock him up again. This cycle will look like, a superstar, Playing around with an amateur spar, Or like an eight foot, savage bear, Wrestling a freak, who works at a fair. After the fight, some'll say Ali's hot, But others won't agree, they'll say definitely not ! One things for sure, one'll come out like fire, And some hope its Ali, cause they think he should retire. Frazier is calm, you may say he's cool, But after the fight, he'll feel like a fool, So don't stick around, he may be on fire, Just write him a note, asking him to retire. One thing some hate, about Mohamad Ali, Is that he brags too much, we all agree. So since he does that, much more than Joe, Some hope he looses, and suffers a hard blow. Ali is good lcause he is tall, But let me tell you, that is not all. He's got a strong punch, and hops around so fast, It makes you wonder, how long he will last? Well the answer is coming, right from the ring, Where we shall see, who gets the hard swing, And welll see, who is the most tense, And who has the better, off and defense. What the world, is wondering tonight, ls who the champ, will be of this fight. Derek Parker 43 Why Skunks Smell Once upon a time there was a skunk named Daisy. Unlike any other skunk, Daisy loved perfume. She had many different kinds of perfume. Ond day Daisy decided to clean out her home, because that night she was going to give a party. She would go through her bottles of perfume, and throw the ones that she couldn't use anymore away. When she went to open a bottle that was stuck, she pulled so hard she slipped and fell. BANG! CRASH! The bottles had fallen all over the floor. All the perfumes that were strong mixed and it made her whole home have a terrible smell. She tried everything she could to get rid of the smell. But she couldn't. Well she got the place cleaned up but the smell was still there. She couldn't do anything now because her guests were arriving. They noticed the odor but didn't say anything about it. Then all of a sudden the smell started to rub off on everyone. From that day on Skunks have had an unbearable smell. Harriett Chidel FRUSTRATION Frustration is watching a bird soar gracefully about your head and your being such a clod, that you trip over your own two feet while you are watching it. It is studying five hours in one night while you miss all of your favorite television programs, and the next day the snow is so deep that you can't go to school. Frustration is being accused of something of which you are innocent, but looking guilty because of circumstantial evidence. Frustration is making a jumpsuit, and discovering you sewed the darts on the wrong side. Frustration is being unable to explain what frustration means. Ardy Lester DD