Halifax Grammar School - Grammarian Yearbook (Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada)

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11 o MYSTERY IN THE NIGHT Softly the Big Ben clock in the hall chimes two in the morning. The moonlight sneaks through the closed shutters and shines on a cold bare spot in the middle of the floor. A squeak is heard, as muffled foot-steps creep silently down the hall and pass into the room beyond. From the room comes another squeak, of a door being opened in careful haste. Then nothing. All is quiet for a minute. The door silently closes. Then the footsteps glide softly down the hall until they reach the foot of the stairs. The careful eyes gleam in the quiet light of the moon. The foot- steps move down the hall a little further, and then stop, in the next room, A heavy metal door rolls and a few fitful snorts of greed are heard, A black steel knife is raised and then plunged into soft flesh. Dark liquids ooze gradually out, and the knife is slowly and methodically taken away. The ever-watching eyes glance furtively about the room, trying to pierce the darkness. All is still and silent. The eyes shine and take on a look of extreme satisfaction. Then, out of nowhere, a voice pierces the darkness - John, I thought I told you to stay out of that roast beef and gravy i The shamed eyes lower in defeat. F, Anthony - Age 14-, 10 THE HUNT The men were ready before the sun, The horses were ready and the chase begun. Lucky was the fox that was in bed, For those that were out would surely be dead. There was one little fox named Winky Red Who did not know of the danger ahead, Thudi went a bullet into the ground, And 80, as it hit, he turned around, Bangi went another. Now Winky lies there Stone cold dead and still no wiser. David Dyer - Age 12,1

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12. MY FAVOURITE TOWN Cambridge, a small university town Just fifty miles north of London (England), is my favourite town» This little town is situated on the beautiful river, Camo Cambridge University is the town ' s trade mark, for it is really the University that has made this town so well-known and so beautiful. The University, comprising twenty-one colleges, is one of the oldest and best- known in the world o This little place ' s next function is that of a market town. On a hot Saturday morning one finds the town crowded with buyers and sellers and the little market place in the town ' s centre used as a pitching ground for the vendors ' colourful tents. In the autumn Cambridge is crowded to capacity with graduates, undergrad- uates, tourists natives of the town and shoppers. Although three times smaller than Halifax, Cambridge has many place of entertain- ment for the public, such as a theatre (something which Halifax cannot boast), several cinemas, and an arts cinema, Cambridge a- bounds in men ' s shops, book shops, and bicycle shops. Therefore it is the shopping centre for miles around. It has many public facilities; a library, a huge outdoor swimming pool (plus an indoor one) , a large central common upon which there are bowling and crick- et greens and even a roller-skating arena. Luckily no industry has yet marred the face of Cambridge, who is much luckier than her sis- ter university town, Oxford, Of course, the most important and best known thing about Cambridge is her University, The ancient colleges with their beautiful gardens make up the university,. Some colleges face the Cam River; the beautiful stretches between the colleges and the river being called The Backs , It is along these that students from various colleges sit talking, comparing notes, and enjoying the scenery. Although The Backs are owned by the colleges they are open to the public j, and during the summer one can see tourists from many countries photographing the colleges, the students, The Backs , the Cam and the punts which move along its calm waters. Besides Trinity College there is another equally famous college called King ' s, This college is the owner of the equally famous King ' s Chapel, If you are lucky, some days you can hear the choir singing, during which time you may go into the chapel and listen. All the facts add up to one thought for me, that Cam- bridge is the most beautiful town in England, Piers Gray - Age 13.4