Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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11. Thoir pictures appeared in the paper, and a five thousand dollar reward was divided between them. Norman Messier '57 GOING AFTER A CHRISTMAS TREE EcckyMae was the youngest of the Smith family. She was getting very excited for Christmas to come. It was the week before Christmas and the Smiths hadn't been after their tree yet. j.he Smiths lived on a 3mall farm, lifter the chores one morning, Thomas and Harold, the two oldest of the Smith family, decided that they would go to get a tree for Christmas. Taking a hatchet and also a gun, they started for the woods to look for a tree. After they had gone into the woods a little way, Thomas shouted, Lookl Here's a nice little tree. Harold came as fast as he could, shouting, Where? Where? Tiomas answered, Right here. Harold exclaimed, That isn't a Christmas tree; it's a pine tree.. So thoy kept looking and went on a little farther to iind a Christmas tree, rinally they ran on to a tree that they liked. Lot's cut this one down and take it homo. Thomas suggest- ed. A? icy started to cut the tree down, Harold noticed some- thing brown over by another clump of trees. He poked Thomas and they cx-opt a little closer to see if they ccxuld 1 tell what it was. An thoy drew nearer thoy thought it looked like a baby boar, ■‘•hey kept on walking toward it. Just as they almost reached it, they heard a terrible growl. ..hey whirled around to see a mother bear almost behind thenu .hoy were so excited they didn't know what to do. There happened to be a tree near by. ■Lho r ran and climbed up into it. hey turned around and the bear was starting to climb the tree too. Harold shouted, Where's the gun? Right nerc 1, exclaimed Thomas. Lucky I remembered it. he cocked the gun and pulled the trigger just in time to kill the bear. ihe boys climbed down out of the tree and just stood there lookin'- at the bear. with hard tugfiring, they drag cd the bear alx thc waY home. After sho tin - the bear the- for-ot aL 1 about getting a Christmas tree.