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

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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.

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- 16 - SCH30 LS Seme people think schools Are fiill of rules. Well, so they are| It helps them go far! It ' s a pity that the classes Are not filled with pretty lasses. I ' m siire if they were, We could forget to say Sir . Some who are smart Are very good in art. I ' m not good in French And can ' t even use a wrench. Some people find history Is quite a mystery. If you stay on the right path, You ' ll succeed in your math. When you ' re making a map, You can ' t ever nap. One enjoyable fact; We sometimes act, Michael Monahan Form A Age 10. DAYS OF THE WEEK On Manday we went to church The minister ' s name was Burch W. Tree. On Tuesday we saw a bear Carrying a forty-foot hare. On Wednesday we went to school But I wonder why there were so many fish. On Thursday we hunted ostriches in Alaska. On Friday we fried the eggs we got from the ostriches in Alaska, On Saturday we sat and watched superman jump in the garden. On Simday we t irned out the svn. and cooked a bun. Kevin Brown, Form D Age 8.