Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute - Acta Nostra Yearbook (Guelph, Ontario Canada)

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60 ACTA NOSTRA A LITTLE BOY'S PRAYER I went to bed with bated breath- It really wasn't fear, For I was just a little boy. A nd Christmas Eve was here. I thought of all the things I did, Through all the summer days: The windows smashed, the paint upset, Were all just little boy's ways. But golly whiz, I didn't mean To make the paint can fall: Gosh. Santa Claus, can't you forgive A little boy at all? If you can find it in your heart To leave just one small toy, Next summer time just wait and see, I'll be a better boy. Then sleep closed the small l1oy's eyes, The sandman came to call, A nd Santa paid a visit, But the boy slept through it all. The day dawned bright and cheerful, The snow fell slowly down, Two little eyes flew open, Two little feet flew down. Slowly he crept down the stairs, His eyes grew wide with joys, For there beneath the Christmas tree Lay heaps and heaps of toys. The boy knelt down in silent prayer: One little tear there was: He said. A Merry Christmas, God. .-1 nd you. too, Santa Claus. -Robert Fletcher XIE COUNTRY GARDEN Once on a warm mid-summer day I strayed into a garden fair, Beneath a sky of azure blue, With fleecy cloudlets, here and there, IVhile high amid the leaves, a bird In joyous melody was heard, And in the breeze the flowers danced IVhisp'ring soft of past romance. Reposing there on mystic seat, Content beneath ,4pollo's gaze, I slept awhile, and dreams so fleet Brought visions from those bygone days- Of days when grandmama was small And loved to climb the garden wall. In later years, a shy young miss Did greet her love with tender kiss. Now steps a lady tall and fair, T-'Vith hair of gold in ringlets tight. Her charms surpass the blossoms there, Her winsome smile. lzer eyes so bright, She wears a gown of misty blue With bonnet of a deeper hue. She breathed a sigh of hope forlorn :Is soft she treads the velvet lawn. I wake with a start, and also sigh Regretfully, and wish that I Had lived within those olden days, Renowned for peace and charm of ways. But this delightful fantasy Shall stay within my memory. So say I. now, as with a frown I hurry lrach to life in town. -Lorna Edwards XIIIB Acta Nostra Competition Winners ljudged by Prof. Carpenterj SHORT STORY: Senior-Nancy Robinson, XIID Junior-Robert Adsett, XIA POETRY: Senior-Larry jones, XIIA Intermediate-Nancy Tkloods, XD Junior-Garth Graham, IXC ESSAYS: Senior-Frank Sebestik, XIIIA Intermediate-Lois Waldon, XC Junior-Naomi Jolliffe, IXE

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