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

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HOW THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WAS FORMED A long time ago what is now known as the Chesapeake Bay was just a deep barren gulch, known as the Chest-a-peake gulch. 5 It all started when a baby boy was born. His length was one mile at birth. His parents named him Chester A. Peake. As a child he would cut down trees. He was sort of like Paul Bpnyan, only much, l much taller. One day while he was walking home from his hard day's work, he spied his mother and started waving to her. He forgot to look where he was going and he tripped over the Appalachian Mountains. When he fell, his arms sprawled in all directions. He got up and beneath him where he st ld ,ml an 133 lil- : ' Vssg , at i 1 1 I . 'l FQ! R - -K Ben Kramer How Giraffes Got Long Necks Long ago giraffes were looked down upon in the animal kingdom because of their position they held in the kingdom-leaf mulchers. Day after day the giraffes moped about, wearily munching the leaves which had fallen from the trees to the ground into a fine mulch with their slender snouts. The job was such a monot- onous drudgery, munching leaves with their eyes con- stantly focused on the ground. Then one day the giraffes struck upon a brilliant idea, catch the leaves in their mouths before the leaves fell to the ground. How splendid the idea was. It added such excitement and adventure to the job. Soon there was an air of competi- tion and rivalry among the giraffes. The dull, drab job had turned into a fun packed, fast action sport. But a good thing never lasts long, for each day the giraffes necks stretched and stretched and grew longer and longer until finally the giraffes moped about munching leaves off the tops of the trees. Only two things re- sulted from the brilliant idea. Giraffes's necks became extremely long as a result of their craning of them to catch the leaves, and now none of the animals could help but to look up to a giraffe. Up to this time giraffes have been born with long necks which tower into the sky. Peter Vescovi had fallen was an indentation of his body. And in one of the crevaces from his finger print was his mother flat as a pancake. His mother was buried at that spot. And every day Chest fas his friends called himj would go and put flowers on her grave. The tremendous ditch was named Chest-a-peake after Chest. A few years later he went to his mother's grave. He was so sad that for the first time in his life he ltarted to cry. The whole gulch filled up with water. His body made a large bay and his ap ms and legs made rivers. And that is how we got the Chest-a-peake Bay. I l WHY THE BEE BUZLES l Did you know that long ago thai bee never used to buzz? They would talk! Let me tell you the story. There was a beehive in the middle of the Busy Bee Forest. This beehive had two big problems. One was Barney Bee. This bee would talk and talk. All he would talk about was how great he was, and all the medals, trophies, and ribbons he won. Everyone was just SICK of his bragging. The other problem the beehive had was, soon there wouldn't be a beehive because people were cutting down all the trees in the Busy Bee Forest to build apartments. One day while Barney was brag- ging, someone said, If you're so great why don't you do something to save our beehive? Barney said, O.K., I will! Barney thought and thought about how to get rid of those electric saws that were cutting down the trees. He was just about to givel up but he got a brainstorm! He was going to swallow the five electric saws! Everyone in the beehive thou'ht it was a great idea because Barney had a big enoug mouth to do it. So the next day, Barney swallowed the first saw with- out any trouble at all. The second arld the third saws were easy. The fourth one was gettinglharder. The fifth saw was impossible, it got stuck irl his throat. By accident the switch turned on! All y lu could hear was buzz coming from Barney's mouth. ,Everyone watch- ing was so happy because the beehive was saved! Also when Barney started to brag, all hl could say was BUZZ! From then on, all bees ever saywis BUZZ-BUZZ! Chris Sample ' l n 1 l

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EMBARRASSMENT Embarrassment is walking into the boy's locker-room on the first day of school. Embarrassment is having to act out Embarrassment in drama. I Embarrassment is being sure you're right, and finding out youlre wrong. 'K 4 Embarrassment is squirting orange juice all over your boyfriend. gm it Embarrassment is dropping your deodorant on the way to school. Embarrassment is getting your maxi-coat stuck in the escalator when the sign warned you. . Avi Embarrassment is buying a lot of clothes and finding out you don't have enough money. 5 I Lf Embarrassment is having your baby sister cry in church. i Embarrassment is when your pants split when you are bending over. Embarrassment is having your false eyelash drop in your soup. 'X , Embarrassment is when your father cusses in the car, and your friends are there. -G Embarrassment is saying mean things about your friend, and finding out she's listening. k Embarrassment is being weighed on the scale when everybody's watching. And most of all embarrassment 1S being embarrassed. Miriam Lefkowitz HOW WE GOT THE CLOUDS Once there was an Indian boy named Swift Foot. He was the son of a chief named Running Bull. Run- ning Bull and Swift Foot were very close, for Swift Foot's mother had died when he was a young child. Swift Foot had a normal happy childhood. He loved the outdoors. On his twelfth birthday Running Bull said to him, My son it is time you learn the practices of a mann. For the next few months Running Bull and Swift Foot trapped, hunted and fished together. Swift Foot was having a wonderful time. His father also taught him smoke-signals. As he grew older he was known as the best smoke signaler in the tribe. People would always call on him. Swift Foot met a girl named Golden Fawn. They fell in love and were married. They had a little son named Little Fox. Five months after Little Fox was born Golden Fawn died. Swift Foot was heartbroken and couldn't bear it. He wanted to be with Golden Fawn. Two days after Golden Fawn's burial ceremony Swift Foot went to the top of the tallest hill. He built a fire and started sending smoke signals. They were to his dead wife saying, Fm coming Golden Fawn. He had given Little Fox to his best friends, Black Bear and White Feather, to take care of him. Then he stuck a knife through his heart. The smoke signals remained in the sky forever. Karen McConnell The Rematch T'was 5 minutes before that very big fight. Joe Frazier had slept but one hour that night. Ali walked in, and there came up a roar, And into the aisles the fans started to pour. As Frazier saw Ali he shivered with fear, And started to run like a fleet-footed deer. The ref stopped Frazier as he let out a cry, Please mister, I don't want to dieli' From his corner Frazier starred into Ali's eye, And fell to his knees and started to cry. The bell rang and Frazier charged into the ring, Ali slugged him, thinking he's be the new Heavyweight King Then Ali threw a left hook to Frazier's hairy face. It looked like Joe Frazier was out of the race. Frazier fell to the floor, his face turning white, And this was the end of the very big fight. Harry Blumenkrantz David Bates S ff f -

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Hunger It was a beautiful day. The sun shone brightly and the wind was just that perfect speed. But all of this did not catch the wonder of the little girl who sat in a harvested field. She was about eight or nine years old but her figure was somewhat distorted. Her small belly was blot- ted and her black eyes shone with a distant empty stare. The whole day was blank. No cheerful cries of little boys and girls playing in the streets, no barks of dogs, no alarming screeches of cats, not even a cart on the road. Only still, blank, emptiness. The little girl was thinking now about the last time she felt full after a hearty meal. The way everyone was joyful and the happy smiles of satisfied faces, all con- tent, all remarkably full of cheer. She could remember the times when her parents encouraged her to take seconds, and she did until she could not take another bite. Until she could not take another bite, she thought to herself. Slowly her mind blurred, and all she could remember now were wagons. Wagons upon wagons of wheat rolling down a dusty road, passing so close to her that she could reach out and grab a handfull of wheat with her very own hands. But now she reaches and there is nothing to grab. Slowly she got up and looked around the field to see if there were any small grains of harvested wheat hidden beneath a clump of dirt. But why bother, she thought to herself. She knew that these very fields had been scan- ned by people in the same need as she. The little girl turned to her house, her faded, dis- colored house, the same place where she had so many good times before. The house was empty now, all except for her mother standing over in the corner. The little girl walked over to her and then glanced into the crib. As she glanced into her motheris eyes, two large tears appeared in them as she slowly and silently picked up the limp body of the little girl's brother. As her mother reached the kitchen, the little girl walked over to the cupboard and took out some plates for tonight's unexpected dinner. Larysa Kurylas 47 WHY THE KANGAROO HOPS Long ago there lived a kangaroo on a very small island. His name was Kim and he was the only crea- ture living there. Kim was very lonely so he decided he wouldn't live there any more and jumped off the island and started swimming. He had never been off the island 'before and Kim found out that the water was freezing. He swam a while and got very tired. There was ice floating on top of the water. He saw one of these pieces of ice and decided to rest on it for a while. Kim fell asleep on it. When he woke up, he decided that he should continue on his journey to another place to live. When he stood up, part of his front legs fell through the ice and got stuck. Kim could not get them out and finally they got so cold and hard from the water, they broke off and sunk to the bottom. After he got over that tragedy, Kim started swimming and finally came to a place called Australia. They had many animals there and he be- came very happy. He adjusted to his front legs being shorter than his hind legs and now instead of him walking or crawling, he hopped and jumped. From then on, all the kangaroos had short front legs and hopped. Ann Overstreet