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

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v ,af , ,, xl ,, f' i 1 1 Special Assignment Stuart elenker . The folklore hero that I think I am mo t like is Johnathan Chapman, better known as Johnny j A ' s X Appleseed. There are several reasons why ll think I ,X w ' . --1, f am like him. Number one, he spent most of his j -t . I ..'l ,a l p time in Ohio, where I have lived for most of my D4 I' J , life. Also, I enjoy planting things and watching . A if ' them grow, just like Johnny did. Nexti, I also , A M 16, supply people with seeds to grow things like he f , did. The only thing difference is that I sell the 11. T shin. seeds instead of giving them away. Fr these A . reasons, I think I am more like him t an any ' . other folkhero. V II. If I had a choice, the western gunslinge that I The Legend of Jake Wilson Brian Orloff There once was a man named Jake Wilson. He was a very lonely man, so he decided that he would look for a wife. Jake was a rugged human being, standing seven feet tall and weighting five hundred fifty pounds. He had decided to go to New York City to find a wife. When he arrived in New York City, he immediately roamed the streets. To show off in front of the ladies, he picked up two cars with his little finger. He finally met a woman who was twice as big as he was and also weighted twice as much as he did. Her name was Hilda. She told Jake that if he could lift more than she could, she would marry him, but if she lifted more, Jake would have to be her servant. Jake quickly agreed and tried to think of something they could lift. They started out. at Macy's Depart- ment Store. They had no trouble lifting it. They had lifted everything in New York City before a police- man saw them. He arrested them for vandalizing property. After they were caught, they spent several months in jail. They had a lot of time to think things over, and when they got out of jail, they decided they were meant for each other, and then they got married. Spring Day Angela Cameron The sun has now risen Tis dawn his early morn. My spirits are still hidden In my bed still nice and warm. , I know not what the day brings Or what may come my way I can just hear the birds sing On this wonderful spring day. 48 would like to be is Sam Bass. I would li e to be able to have enough money to give some away, like he did, even though he got the mftmney il- legally. I. would like to have people do whatever they were told to do by me, and horior and respect me. I also would have liked to liv, in the West, especially when he lived in the West.l ' III.I kin out-wrastle, out-bite, and out-scrat h any livin' thing in this world. I kin win any lad of my pickin and go a-courtin with her. I kin ollt-draw any man when it comes to a duel. Ikin ta e any wild animal, and put out a fire just by sta ring at it with my icy-cold eyes. I kin also out-drihk any man on this earth, me even letting him cho se the saloon. Super Librarian Aid , Leroy Hedgepeth Sitting in his office of the county library, Bunny Dumbean, otherwise known as Super Libraria' Aid, waits for someone who needs help in Bunnidps de- partment. May it be fact, fiction or folklore, Nfuper Librarian Aidi' will come to the rescue. On day while reading the list of the top 20 biogra hies, Bunny receives a call from the Mayor, who reduests that the three books of King Tutis Tomb be brbught to him in an hour. Bunny knows where the boolds are, but can he get them to the Mayor in an hour. Re- alizing he must change into Super Librarian Aid, Bunny leaps into the Date Due card box and Boom! Bang! Pow! it's Super Librarian Aid. He flies to York to get one copy. Back across the count? to California for the second COPY, and finally to New ash- ington, D.C. for the third. Changing back to Bunny Dumbean he delivers the copies to the Mayor, arid so ends another exciting episode of Super Librarian Aid. 'L , fa aft? T..

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, Mondays N. Sideris Wake up, said the mother in a tone very mild. Wah? stammered the sleepy-headed child. Another day ofjoy and funf' A Said the mother to her son. Oh, Mother, how can you be so cruel? That's no way to talk of school! At the bus stop, the mother smiled At her tussle-headed child. The sight of the bus coming near Did nothing to increase his cheer. She said to him, Have a fun day,', H And he replied, On a Monday? LOST HONESTY Michelle Cohen The earth turns round and round, As do the hands of the clock, And the cycles of life. Man was born with honesty, He labored in the fields and fallow, As handsome and tall as his harvests, He was a beautiful being to behold. Man grew and grew, And fashioned weapons for a battle, Took on the duties of a knight, And fought bitterly with each other. Still some men were righteous, And pleaded with the others to stop, But the men kept on, Destroying themselves. In the next turn of life, Honesty in its entirety was forgotten One honest man - one honest man was left, Until he, too, fell. . HAIKU Vikki Goodrich GREAT EXPECTATIONS a book of deceitfulness melts the hearts of all. Jason Snow Gina DeSimone Jason Snow was an unusually large Forest Ranger. In the winter he traveled through Michigan helping settlers get through the snow. Sometimes the snow got up to six feet, but being ten feet tall it didn't bother ole Jason Snow. When Jason got hungry he'd reach up into a tree for ten or eleven squirrels. Sometimes he'd wrestle a bear. One winter there was a long snowstrom and by the time it ended the snow was up to Jason's shoulders. Jason packed up his bags and set out to help snow- bound travelers. He noticed a drift of snow near the edge ofa cliff so he started digging up a covered wagon. Finally he had dug out the whole wagon and out jumped a dog. The dog jumped on Jason forcing him to step off of the cliff. Jason and the dog rolled down the cliff gathering snow as they rolled along. Towards the bottom of the cliff all you could see was a gigantic snowball. That was the last anybody ever saw of Jason Snow, or the dog. ? -'N Galaxy The stars twinkled merrily to their mentor, the moon, in a never-ending dance of stately constellations and whirling comets ..... Round and round ..... More and more ..... till the sky was hidden behind a luminous blanket of cold light. Tired ..... the stars and moon retire, hiding from the peeping rays of the sun on the horizon, pink, orange, blending, leaping in silent joy of life to the now frosty ground ...... Warming it .... beginning the new day. ' Dora Edelson 47

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Hungry Jack Peyton Roberts Hungry Jack was soon to be the world's super- hero. Follow this story and find out how he gained fame and fortune and lost it, then returned to the ways of a small town. Hungry Jack was born in the northern part of the country in a no-name town. When he was born, his crib was a piano case. It wasn't that he was too large, it was that he weighted too much. When he was a tot between the ages of one and two, he would always eat biscuits. His mother and the neighbors would make nicknames for Hungry, such as plump chump and piece of pie '. Hungry Jack grew tired of this kind of teasing, and decided to try to cut down the number of biscuits he ate each day. He replaced his eating habit with another bad habit - sucking his thumb. This soon became his favorite pastime. He would sit for hours,'just sucking his thumb and day dreaming of how one day he would be famous. Hungry was growing very quickly, soon he grew very tall, and had the strength of ten bulldozers. He was as fast as a train. Hungry would wait 'till 5:00 each evening when the train came, and race it to town. One day Hungry got carried away with himself, and raced the train clear to the big city which was 500 miles away. In the city Hungry found his strength gave him an advantage over everyone. He became a good law-abiding citizen, and used his strength only when he was angry. Hungry became good friends with the entire police force. fthe chief and two deputiesl One day the chief offered him a job. It was as the guard of the one bank in that town. The first night of his assignment, he had taken position inside the bank, when shortly he heard a sound coming from the rear of the bank. He went to see what it was. Hungry found two men climbing through a rear window, he yelled '6Halt . When they did not, he chased the would-be robbers until he caught them, which only took a few seconds. Hungry asked them what they were doing, when they didn't answer Hungry became furious and violent, he grab- bed their arms and tied them in knots. Then Hungry called the police on his Walkie-talkie. The police cap- tain was very happy to catch these men for they were being hunted in connection with another bank rob- bery in the next town. When he asked Hungry what he would like to have as a reward, Hungry replied BISCUITS . The captain sent for a half dozen biscuits. When the order arrived he gave them to Hungry. In an instant the biscuits were gone bag and all. The captain ordered biscuits again and again for Hungry 'cause Hungry was still HUNGRY . The captain was so angry with Hungry, he tired him. Hungry didn't care, he was' too busy eating. Hungry was returned to the no-name town and to this day Hungry is still hungry. Hungry is on a commercial now and then, watch for him, you can't miss him! The Kitten Janet Cohen The innocent kitten all rolled in a mitten The rolled up kitten, curled in a mitten. Watching life go by Poor weak and shy, Leaps for the butterfly and misses then showers you with love and kisses When she comes in from the rain When she comes in flushed with pain her skin is torn and blood stains on her fluffy white skin unprotected by danger hurt badly by a stranger. Now she is dead Tears in their eyes everyone cries A poor harmless kitten has been badly stricken. School Nancy Goldstein Rushing around from class to class, Teachers yelling, Where's your hall pass?! Crowded rooms and slamming doors, When the teacher lectures, almost everyone snores! Despite all the homework, detentions and tests, It's been a fun year, one of the best. When we graduate, we'll be sad, To leave behind all the good times we had. f s fg s - 1 XX sf? 05 XM -X F511 , X --- 90, 05' 'Sw lx f 'V JXQNWK ' 'I' nf