Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA Thank you ever ever so much , cried the two children, we won ' t be frightened to come on the moor to see you again! I am afraid it is getting late now, and you had better go back to your little beds or else nurse will be cross if you are very tired in the morning , sweetly said the fairy. Goodbye, beautiful fairy, thank you very much for letting us come and see you and your darling little pixies and fairies, and we will always try our very best to be good , cried the two children. And two very tired little people jumped into their beds that night. 1 never thought the fairies would be so nice, did you Babs ? asked Ronnie. But Babs was asleep, dreaming about the beautiful fairy and her pixies, and Ronnie soon joined her in dreamland again. VALS GILMOUR. ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE All the earth had turned grey. And nature was seen nowhere. For Orpheus had not played his lute Since the loss of his lady fair. For she had died in her blooming youth And gone to the Underworld, No more would he see her golden hair Which around her face had curled. So to Jupiter her lover went And asked for leave to go To find his love and bring her back From Pluto ' s land below. The reply he got was that he might Go underneath the ground If you trust me and all the gods And do not look around . 15

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SAMARA back to hide behind a little bush, only it was too late, the fairy and pixies had seen them. What are you doing here asked the fairy rather crossly. Please, please, begged Ronnie, we love fairies and pixies and we only came to see if . . . if there were really any on the moor like the stories tell us. And a very good reason , answered the fairy, in a very kind sweet voice. And do you two really believe in fairies and pixies ? Oh, yes, yes! cried Babs and Ronnie with one voice. There are lots of little boys and girls who don ' t believe in us, said the fairy, looking very hard at Ronnie and Babs, so my little pixies go around to see if you are naughty or good. They can hear everything you say, and love you when you are good, but they don ' t love anyone naughty, and find it very hard to make you good again. So if you want to try to help the pixies and fairies always believe in them, and be good so that they can love you! We will try to help the pixies and fairies all we can, re- sponded the two children. But Babs was feeling very shy indeed for she knew that the fairies had heard her everytime she had been naughty, and it did seem a lot of times to poor little Babs as she began to think them over. I am very sorry to say, said the kind fairy, looking at Babs, that a little girl I know has been very naughty lately, but we will forgive her this time if she will promise never to be naughty again, and if she does the pixies and I will give her anything she wishes . Yes, yes, echoed all the pixies together, we will give her anything she chooses just to show how kind we can be to good little boys and girls, and how much we love them! Wish, dear, said the sweet and kind fairy. I will try my very best to be good, replied Babs meekly and do you think that Ronnie and I could come down and see you and your dear little pixies whenever we like? Why, certainly , answered the fairy, we love to have little boys and girls to play with us. 14

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SAMARA So he crossed the dark dark river Playing his lute with gentle hand And, charming the old ferry man He safely got to land. And he came to the court of Pluto, Playing his magic lute. And got his love and then went out Upon the homeward route. But because the darkness was so still He thought, She is not there . He turned around! His poor wife threw Her hands up in despair. And then he turned so sad away For hom eward go he must. And leave his poor sad wife behind Because he could not trust. MARJORIE BORDEN. 16