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

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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

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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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How The Turtles Got Their Shells Once there were two kingdoms, the lizzards and the turtles. They looked exactly alike, and it was impossible to tell them apart. There was a constant argument about who would get more land than an- other, who would get this, and who would get that. So one day the leaders got together and decided to settle these disagreements once and for all. They agreed to have a battle the next day. Both leaders hurried on their way for they had to train their troops for combat. The lizzards decided they would get on the mountain and throw down small boulders on the turtles. The turtles who were not very smart decided that since the lizzards were going to throw boulders down on them they would throw them back. So the day for the battle came. The lizzards threw the boulders down upon the turtles. When the turtles were unable to throw them back because they were much too heavy, the turtles paniced. They ran around in circles. Pretty soon the turtles got hit with the rocks, but instead of squashing the turtles, the boulders stuck on their backs. This went on until the lizzards ran out of rocks, so the lizzards had to surrender. This is how the turtles conquered the king- dom of the lizzards and how the turtles got their shells. Carol Tantum WHY THE MOON IS MADE OF GREEN CHEESE I'm sure you've all heard the story of how the cow jumped over the moon. But that's not really how it happened. The cow, Matilda, was just soaring over the moon, when she decided to stop and explore. So she landed and started to explore. Not far away she spied a beautiful patch of the greenest grass she had ever seen. She walked over and sniffed at it. It smelled soooo good that she started to eat some. It was delicious, and she ate, and ate and ate until she was about ready to pop. Just then, the Man in the Moon happened by. He heard Matilda mooing, so he went and got his milking pail, and began to milk her. Pretty soon, the milk had completely filled the pail and was still coming. In less than ten minutes, Matilda had completely flooded the moon with milk, green milk, from the special green grass. Finally there was no more milk, but there was no more Matilda either! The milk slowly soaked into the ground and turned to cheese. And to this day, the moon is still made of green cheese. Carol Goldberg . ,,7, 7. , 05.41 gg fly, 7 fg ' -1 l CHILDHOOD l Childhood is: getting your very firstlbike. Childhood is: getting your allowance. Childhood is: getting your first cavities filled. Childhood is: sticking a fork in a wall socket. Childhood is: taking your father's raldio apart and not being able to put it back together againl Childhood is: losing one of the pool sballs. Childhood is: not being able to wait jfor fall so school will start. Childhood is:'not being able to wait lfor summer so school will end. Childhood is: getting in a fight and lpsing four front teeth Childhood is: becoming a teenager and wanting to start all over again. 2 Bob Rowe l r HOW THE MISSISSIPPI GOT IT'S NAME Years ago when southerners had slaves to do their work, a few who had harsh masters used to run away. One such slave from Virginia who had managed to flee from a miserable master was Ippi. Ippi was an ambitious little fellow who was willing to work hard in order to survive. He was lucky enough to be taken in by a hardworking family who had settled near a river west of virginia. Ippi was nearly starving when he stumbled onto their land. With care and kindness he was soon well and working hard. Ippi was a talkative young fellow and eager to please. On Sunday the family with whom Ip? i lived decided to have a picnic near the river. It wasp a warm, happy day and the picnic was great fun fdr all until Mrs. Chisem fell into the river. She couldn'l swim. Ippi ran to the water's edge shouting, Aissus, Missusf' Ippi, she cried. Ippi she cried. ppi, help me! Ippi couldn't swim either, but he jumped right into the water to try to save her. Mr. Chisem hear their shouting and luckily he could swim. Ht dived into the water and was able to save both Mrs. Chisem and Ippi. After the excitement was over they had a good laugh when they decided to call the river Mississip- P1 Carol Cooper l