Fishers Island School - Islander Yearbook (Fishers Island, NY)

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A Birthday Card just a postal for your birthday, just a little thought from me, To wish you the happiest birthday 'Ihat ever you did see. A Margaret Powers, Fourth Grade A Birthday Greeting Congratulations May you see many more, Each one being happier Than the one before. Marx' Laughlin, Fourth Grade Happy Birthday If you should wake up and See a little dogi upon your bed, Think of me for I sent it To wish you a happy birthday. Marie Creamer, Fourth Grade

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I Am a Little Indian Girl I am a little Indian girl, I like to keep as bright as a pearl, I like to play With my little spear, And to hunt in the Woods for deer. Mary Mann, Fourth Grade I Am a Little Eskimo I am a little Eskimo, ,. I I like toplay in the snow, I sleep an 'ig'lo'of'all Winter through, And sleepin a tupik in the summer dew. Mary Mann, Fourth Grade Boxer, My Cat. My c:at's name is Boxer, His color white and gray If We don't keep a Watch o'er He is very apt to stray. . Robert Foyle, Fourth Grade

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MY VOCABULARY I can't use slang, I can't say ain't, If I use good English, I'm considered quaint. Daddy hates nertz Mother hates Gee . l can't say what I think Or they'll punish me. Grammatical errors Are all that I makeg I can't even say Go jump in the lake. People use big words And I don't understand them. But you ought to hear The line I hand them, l raise my eyebrows And look quite bright And say, I don't get you- I mean, not quite. I've shocked Grandmother And Mother and Dadg They tell me my language els awfully bad. My brother Bob once said to me lt's because you do abuse it! But I like slang and don't see why I'm not allowed to use it. By Helen Mills,