Hamden Hall Country Day School - Perennial Pine Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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MY HOMES When I was a baby I went for three rides in an airplane. I flew from the West to the East, back to the West, and back to the East. My first home was in the West. It was a,very pretty house. It had an orange tree in back. My next home was in the East. It is a big house. I have a swing and a slide in the back. I have a baby brother. His name is jimmy. Anne English Grade IV MY TRIP THROUGH THE WHITE MOUNTAINS During my summer vacation I went on a trip through the White Mountains in New Hampshire. We started out expecting it to be good weather. As we came near the moun- tainous area it grew cold and damp and started clouding over. We were going to the Flume in Franconia Notch. My father had been there once before. A short while before we reached there we came to a place where we could see the Indian Head. It was very beautiful. After arriving at the Flume Gorge we decided it would be a beautiful walk to the falls. Soon we heard the falls roaring in the dis- tance. There -were many wooden steps built so one could look over the sides and see the falls below. It is almost like a series of falls only they all are joined together. The falls are in a crevice in a rocky mountainside. We enjoyed this part of the trip very much. After riding a little farther we stopped to see the Old Man of the Mountain. just as we returned it started to rain in torrents. We also went to Crawford Notch. In Crawford Notch there were some beauti- ful falls too. The brilliant autumn colors made it very beautiful. Cynthia Adams ' Grade VI ' IF I WERE A BIRD If I were a Songbird, I would fly down South every winter so I wouldn't freeze or starve. I would eat all the seeds that I could find. I would sing the sweetest song in the world. Every morningl would get up early and fly over 'tree tops and look at the world below. Then I would fly back to the nest I was building. My nest would be the nicest nest in the whole flock. Douglas Lapham Grade III Seventy-fix

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Y 6 AN AUTUMN POEM Autumn brings its own good fun, Crispy days to play and run. Lovely leaves all red and yellow, Fires burning, and pumpkins mellow. Autumn days are nice and cool, Time has passed for the swimming pool. Leaves are flying, and trees are bareg At night they give you quite a scare. When autumn comes the birds fly southg Red squirrel runs about with a nut in his mouth. The hunting season now is here, Men roam the woods and shoot the deer. Best of all is Hallowe'en, When witches and goblins are seen. Boys and girls are out for fun, Soap your windows, and then they run. We scare our friends with funny faces, And hide their things in funny places. We duck for apples and soak our shirts, And even wear our sisters' skirts. Roben Wiklund Grade VI THE EGYPTIANS - Ancient Egypt was about the size of the State of Arizona. There were two parts. The first was lower Egypt, consisting of the Nile Delta. Beginning in july every year and continuing for four months there was rain in the mountains where the river has its source. Not all the Egyptians were farmers. Some were weavers, cabinetmakers, gold- smiths, glassblowers, tailors, and shoemakers. Women wove delicate linens as line as silk. The Egyptians' year was made up of 365 days divided into 12 months of 30 days each. They learned astronomy. They worked the Weights and measures and made advances in arithmetic. Peggy McNeil Grade V A BOAT RIDE We went on a boat ride. I had fun. We even fate on the boat! It was a yacht. The name on the back of the boat was Sea Beef' Sometimes when we passed another boat we bounced up and down. It had a bedroom and a bathroom. Sometimes we liked to lie in the bedroom. We were ahead of a boat called Lady Anne but it passed us. We got ahead of it again. It was the faster boat because it passed us again. ' . Nancy Lea Corey Grade IV Seventy-five

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SPRING Spring is the nicest time of the year. The flowers start to grow, the birds start to sing, and I can stop wearing my snow suit and boots! Bonnie Barnes Grade II HOW TO RAISE A HORSE To raise a horse you must have patience because a horse cannot understand like a person. A Welsh pony or a Shetland pony does not eat as much as a horse. When it is four or five years old, it will not grow any more. If this kind of pony eats as much as a horse does, it will have too much energy and become wild. But if an Indian pony, thoroughbred polo pony, or any other pony or horse eats too much food, it will not harm them becauselthey are' faster animals and can run it off. A horse or pony can have as much water as he wants, except when he is sweating. The hay comes in bales. The bales are divided into sections. Each section is a cake of hay. One quart of oats should be given to the pony in the morning and about 4 o'clock. The hay should be given inf the morning and at night. If the horse will not obey you, do not whip him. It is only because you have not expressed yourself to him. H ' Anthony DeLucia Grade V AT THE ZOO When I went to the zoo I saw a panda and a GIANT ELEPHANT named Fritz. The elephant was eating hay and the panda was on a ledge sleeping. - In the lion house I saw five lions in one cage. The lions were walking around and around. I saw a python, a cobra, and a water moccasin. I went to the monkey house. There were gorillas and proboscis monkeys and funny monkeys. Dale Ingmanson Grade III 1 Ieileflljl-1617672