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

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WUFFER ' S AJDTOTURE Wuffer was a little dog one year old. He lived on a farm. His dog house was a most unusual one. It had a grass-covered roof. The swimming pool was underground. He could swim across to a secret stairway to his master ' s house. Wuffer liked to dig tunnels. One day, when he was digging a new tunnel, he found a box. The box had a message taped on it that said, Climb the oak tree beside the dog house. You will find a skeleton key on the fifth branch. The key will open this box. Dogs have a hard time climbing trees, but this dog leaped from branch to branch. He found the key easily. He hurried back to the box. He was very excited. But he could not open the box, I will have to get my master, he said. He took the box to his dog house. He carried it while he swam across the pool. He carried it up the secret stairway and barked for his master. What do you have there, Wuffer? asked his Master, Waff I Wuff 1 said Wuffer. I found a box. I canH open it. Here, I will help you, said his master. When they opened the box, they found some gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins. They found some jewels, too. The lfe.ster said, Why, Wuffer, you have found Captain Kidd ' s Treasure I Wuffer and his master lived happily ever after. The treasure was worth lots of money. Fred Stoddard, Form D Age 7. FORM A ' s JOKES The jokes they play (That is. Form A) Are many a day. Although a few are in good taste. The rest are surely quite a waste ! On April 1st They play the worst And then, oh dear, The teacher bursts I The moral is: DO NOT play jokes, That won ' t be liked By most good folks. David Hirsch, Foma A Age 9.

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- 15 - MY HOBBY One day last summer I was visiting my uncle at his farm, and as were walking in the fields, I saw a snake which I caught and took home, My father built me a cage for it. During the summer I found three other varieties. I had a Garter Snake, a Smooth Green Snake, a Red Belly Snake, and a Bing-Neck Snake, These are all natives of Nova Scotia, and they are harmless, I found my snake collection an interesting hobby, because I have seen them do different things. A snake is a reptile without legs. They move with their ribs Tiny muscles pull the ribs back and forth which move thoir scales back and forth. The scales catch on to the rough places on wood or earth, or any thing else they may be on. All snakes can swim. Their eyes are always open, as they have no eyelids. They eat other animals such as toads, worms, insects, spiders, mice, and rats. They can eat toads and frogs bigger than their heads, because their jaws are hinged with ligaments, and the bone is hinged freely. They do not bite with their forked tongues as some people think they do. Some snakes are poisonous, but not the ones in Nova Scotia. Snakes shod their skins from time to time. Most snakes lay eggs, but some have their babies alive, I had a snake lay eggs which hatched out, but I let the babies to as they are hard to feed. When cold weather comes, snakes hibernate. I let some of my snakes go, but I kept one. I kept the Ring Neck and put him in a bottle in the refrigerator for six months. We could tell he was alive by checking the pulse in his throat. As soon as I was able to get food for him this spring, I woke him. He had wintered well — a little thin but alive. He attended The Halifax Grammar School Open House. Daryl Tingley, FoiTO A Age 11. FIREWORKS ON SHOW Fireworks light up the snow Like some soft fairy set a-glow. They light up wood and field And nothing to the sky they yield. Far up to the sky they go, Still lighting up the fields of snow. Ike Stoddard, Form B Age 9.