Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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7 finished, Korn walked in. And to my surprise she told me the cake looked beautiful and. she said she could hardly wait to eat some. 1Je cooked supper and had the cake for dessert along with ice cream. I was cer- tainly pleased with all the praise I received from my mother on how good the cake tasted. T7y little brother said it was ood, too, and he suggested that we ive some away because it was so good; to be oiven to our dog. I guess the idea was not to have it last so long. Who knows? ? ? ? Donna Peaslee '65 THE STAR CHASE The story takes place on a small farm just outside of Hudson, New York. It was in the middle of the winter and there x as about three feet of snow on the rround. One day mv father told me to take the horse and ride up to the upper barn to see how the young cattle were coming along. The barn was four miles a ’ay and with so much snow on the ground it x ould be ureless to walk. I saddled up the mare and set out on a cold ride. The snox-7 started blow- ing and the wind was really strong. I I finally reached the barn but just as I started to ooen the door the cattle seemed jumpy. I opened the door and walked in. There was a strange smel3 in the air and I '-new something xifas -wrong. I walked oxxer co the pens and saw that one of the sides were ripped open. Inside the pen war the body of a calf half eaten by some large animal. The way that the body was torn aoart looked like the worV of a bear. None of the windox-rs were bro- ken and I ''new that the hear must have entered the barn by the hay shoot. I xrent back to the ’am to tell my father what bad hap- pened. As I was riding into the yard, I saw my father with a group of other farmers. I knew that something was up be- cause whenever they get to- gether, there is trouble some- where. As I listened to them I learned that the bear had destroyed their cattle and caused considerable damage to the buildings. The men made plans to hunt and kill the bear the next day. Mr. Wilson offered S 00 dollars to the person who killed the bear. Mr. Wilson was hit the hardest by the beast and he wasanxioua to see the bear dead. My father didn’t say any- thing about my going on the hunt. I arose early the next morning and did my chores in the barn. I wanted to get a head start before the men could stop me. The snox; had stopped fall- ing, but the wind was blowing strong. I headed for the up- per barn because I figured that was the last place where the hear had done any damage. I was just abovxt to open the barn door, when I heard a loud roar. It sounded like a demon from Hell. I stood in the doorway, petrified and stunned. There before me was a lar e black bear standing

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