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

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- 11 - Up above me raced some wild geese. Some swallows were flying among the trees. All the agile red squirrels with their long bushy tails were putting nuts away for .;inter. I saw a moose down in the lake taking a swim. A beaver ' s lodge was also to be seen. The rabbit was in a brown coat in summer, but now it was white as it ran through a field. Some flov ers were brown but others were prt,paring for next spring by dispersing their seeds. Dandelions were sending out little parachutes with seeds attached and poppies were swaying back and forth in the wind, scattering their seeds. Compared with other seasons of the year, I think Autumn is the most beautiful. John Lawson. Form A. A NIGHT ON A BimE MOUNTAIN I was pilot of an English bomber with my dead co-pilot and gunner. I did not know exactly whore I was except that I was over Poland. Suddenly I saw a series of lights flashing below me. I knev at once that they were German Search lights. Looking at my wing tip I found that it was to the left of me. I tried to dive but it was too late. The guns below began to boom and I heard the sound of my wing getting ripped to shreds. As the plane went into- a dive I pulled the pin of a grenade and jumped out. I tried to get as far from the plane before the plane blew up. A few seconds later the plane blew up with a mighty roar, as I pulled my ripcord and drifted do -m. I landed with a thud on a cold mountain top. I m3.de my parachute into a sort of bed and went to sleep. IJhen I woke up the next morning I found that I v as famished, i finished off my rations at top speed. Just as I finished I hoard the soimd of an airplane. Lying flat on the ground I searched the sky. I saw a German plane flying quite low. The plane had been rising so there must be a base at the foot of the mountain. Slipping and sliding I managed to reach the bottom. There on a field I saw planes ready to go. I looked to see if the coast was clear, and as it was I ran to a plane, started it and took off. Not until I was well off the ground did I hear the rattle of a gun, but by then I did not care for I was well on my way home. Chris Vondette. Form A. THE BEAR WHO ESCAPED MIOM THE CIRCUS Minnie was a bear who had belonged to the Moscow Circus, but she had been lost on the train trip from Montreal to Halifax.