Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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6 No more was sale. p.iil I'it- o o - o.od. Then Long -John stepped ashore and bumped into . id sc. ■tv..in of t'au Conway, soil ling him head first into the sea. The sailors all laughed and Long John laughed with them. This made the captain angry. He drew his cutlass and swung at Silver, but he missed, with a iouel cry Silver plunged into the fight and soon overcame the captain. As the captain got up off the ground he said to Silver, ''I like Good, replied the caotain sharply, hill you take a job on my boat? Soon they set sail for England. On the way they ran into a hard storm and two boats went down. One was the one Sjlver was in. The other was a small, two-masted ship. A month later, at the Admiral Oonhow Inn, Jim Hawkins was sitting at the window when he heard the old familiar cry, Pieces of Light Pieces of Eight. It so startled aim that he cried out in surprise. Surely Silver would not dare core ar-'und here. But it is his parrot, Captain Flint, he said to himael . Then there was a knock on the aoor. He was 30 sunken he d.' n. move. The knock came again only louder. Gathering his w. . , •ii:1 opened the door to find two sailors holding Cantain Flint 1 v a let1-' ’. On the front of the envelope was written, ,rIf I am not fa. nd, jiv . ..0 arrot and this letter to Jim Hawkins at the Admiral Lenhow Inn, in England. The letter read. Then you get this I will be at the bottom of the sea. Keep the parrot, lad, and keep this letter. And if you ever go to sea, lad, don't make my mistake. Emmy stood on the corner of Fifth and Elm, with the fifty cents ;.lrs. 'Miliums had given her to go and spend on herself. Aye, that I will right happily, cried Silver. Jim: Long John Silver Bruce Corey, 56 A TRIP TO THE MOON

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7 Usually she had her brothers or sisters with her, but for the first time 3he was alone. Sr.my was the oldest of tho children. She was eleven, going on twelve, and as far back as she could remember she always had a baby to take whenever she went. But na said, No, you'll never make it in time if you push a bugsy-full of kids. So she went alone this time. So Emy went alone and she had fifty cents Mrs. Williams had told her to spend it on herself, but she couldn't do that. I'll go past Pleasure Park, she decided. She turned and walked fast because ma would be needing her. There wore the dishes to do and dresses to iron. Her shoes slipped up and down, and 3he bent and tied them tight. They were ma's shoes, but last month they'd got tight on her and she couldn't wear them. She held the money tight and ran. When she came to Pleasure Park she’heard music. When she opened the gates she saw a merry-go-round and a Ferris wheel, and many people eating at tables under trees. She thought, I'd like to have a holiday, and spend the money Mrs. Williams gave me. I've never had a holiday in my life, she kept reoeating to horself. I don't care. I'm going to have a holi- day. First she went to the hot dog stand. The hot dogs vere big and fat. Somebody said, I'll take one,'1 and the man in the white apron speared a dog and ju.ee oozed out, making .Emmy's stomach twist with hunger. I'll take one tool she said quickly. After she had bought her hot dog she sat on a bench in the park to eat it. She was think- ing how nice there were no brothers or sisters to yell, Give me some.’ When she had finished the hot dog she bought a bottle of orange pop ' and a bag of popcorn. She had a dime left, so she walked over to the merry-go-round ! and sat on a bench. The music was playing and she watched the horses, looking for the horse she would ride. There was a black one, a brown, one, and a dapple gray. And then she saw the white charger with wide- open eyes. He tossed his mane and snorted as if to say, Ride me if you dare, Emmy! My name is White Knight and I can take you to the clouds! She ran over to the ticket office, spent her last dime, and ran to the h?r se. As she threw her leg over she felt his f'lcsh quiver. He pawed the ground and strained at the bit, but Emmy held the reins tight. I'm not afraid of you, she whispered.