Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA to come down, and in a little while was running about quite gaily again. He is the only pet I have and, though he is not as tame as a dog or cat would be, I have a great deal of pleasure with him. BETTY PEEK. (The first two verses of this poem were composed by Forms 4c and 3b together and the conclusion was written by each child alone. It is rather interesting to compare these two versions.) — Ed. THE STORY OF APOLLO AND PHEATON IN VERSE Phaethon was a youth so bold Who once to his companions told He was Apollo ' s son. His boastful tale they laughed to scorn, No, you are not immortal born! They jeered him every one. Up Olympus he made his way And bade the great Apollo say: By Stjoc 1 swear! A sign I ' ll give you , and the youth replied, The chariot of the Sun to ride To prove I ' m son of thine! Mabel Diinlop, 4c — Apollo stood aghast and cried No God but I have ever tried, ' Tis not your task, my son! Give me your horses for one day. For by your oath you ' re bound to stay. It really must be done! The horses knew who drove them on, They knew it was Apollo ' s son. And north and south they dashed. Near, yet nearer to earth they flew. And Phaethon knew not what to do. Till last on earth they crashed. 9

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SAMARA Betty is so stiff and tall (B. Fauquier). In dancing she ' s not bright. But as for things like History In them she is just right! There is a young girl in our School Whose figure ' s very large. We used to call her by her name But now we call her ' Marj ' . MARJORIE BORDEN and BETTY FAUQUIER. OUR TENANT There is a little fellow, brown, with three dark stripes on his back, and a long furry tail who lives in our rockery. His full name is Mister Chipmunk, but we never call him anything but ' Chippy ' . He drives us all distracted with his tricks, but I think we should be very sorry to have him leave us. He has a hole under one of the smaller stones which he takes no pains to hide, and he darts in and out when Mother and I are within two feet of him. Unfortunately he has a great appetite for bulbs, and this has nearly been his undoing. One time Mother bought some expensive bulbs and planted them in pots out of doors. Next morning she noticed that the earth was disturbed in the pots and started to pack it down when she saw that the bulb was gone from one of the pots! She dug hastily in the others and found that the villainous Chippy had eaten all of the bulbs but three ! 1 had to beg very hard that time to save Mister Chipmunk from destruction. Have you ever seen a Chipmunk have hysterics? It is very amusing. One day a dog came provv ling round the yard and frightened Chippy up into a tree. He clung up there, hiccoughing as fast as he could, so I came out and drove the dog off. But Chippy refused to come down. He clung half way up the trunk of the tree and cried, sounding exactly like a wheel very much in want of grease! He stayed there for over an hour, crying and hiccoughing steadily the whole time. He was finally persuaded 8

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SAMARA And £is they neared the earth they fell And, so the ancient Grecians tell, ' Twas on a desert old. And there the earth was scorched dry But still his noble sisters cry Ah! Pheethon the Bold! Ruth Eliot, 3b.— Apollo was agheist at this, My touch the fiery steeds will miss, To sudden death you go. But by the River Styx I swore So you must drive my horses four, Though you will come to woe. The horses raced across the sky. And Jupiter heard Phsethon cry Apollo ' s words were true! He so near burnt the frightened world That a dread thunder-bolt was hurled. From Jupiter it flew. He drove across the sea and fell, For the thunderbolt was aimed well At him and he was killed. His watching sisters this did see. And Heaven heard their sorrowing plea. But now their grief is stilled. AN EXPERIENCE ON A RANCH On the south bank of the South Thompson River, eighteen miles east of Kamloops, is situated the Monte Creek Ranch. Many thrilling scenes have taken place in the neighbourhood, but I think the most exciting were two train Hold-Ups which occurred on the Canadian Pacific Railway line running through the ranch. The first hold-up took place four miles west of Monte Creek at a station known as Ducks. The leader of the hold-up gang was well known throughout British Columbia as Bill Minor though his true name was Samuel Edwards. He was a noted 10