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

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ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT ' It was Halloween Night It was dark with gloom. There were witches in sight And quite a full moon. There were ghosts coming by On a dark, dark street. Strange children in costumes You surely would meet. Libby Baker Grade 4 OUR CAT. WHISKERS Our cat was born on March 1, 1948. He is gray with a white bib around his neck. Ever since he was a kitten he has slept in the cellar. When we went on our vacation to Cape Cod we took Whiskers with us. We stayed in a cottage near the woods. Whiskers wandered off in the woods one night and my father went out to look for him. He found Whiskers under the house. He had caught a big mole and a little mole. Whiskers purred when he came into the house the next morning. He was not very hungry because he had already eaten the mole. My brother went down to the shore and put Whiskers intoour boat. He didn't like it very much and jumped out into the water which was up to his back. just then my mother and father came down the hill. Mother was carrying a lunch basket. Father said that we were going on a boat trip to a quiet island. We all got into the boat, including Whiskers. Whiskers was the first one to jump out of the boat when we reached the island. He scampered all over and found some blueberries. He tried one, but he didn't like it very much. Mother gave Whiskers some f1gs out of our lunch basket. We were surprised when he ate them all up, for we never thought Whiskers would like figs. We all had a good time that vacation and Whiskers did, too. Carol Ward Grade 4 reuenty-eight

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WINTER We slide down the hills, Past bushes and trees, Taking plenty of spills On our wayward skis. On the ice we glide With our flashing blades. It's fun to slide Through the woodland glades. Winter brings out A wonderful show, With ice sparkling about, And soft sprinkley snow. When snow packs down It's fun to coast. With a biting wind blown Our s1ed's faster than most. Mellick Baker Grade 6 SOMEONE I ADMIRE There is one person who has had a great influence on my life. As far back as I can remember we have always been pals. We go sliding and skating together and some of my best times have been on fishing trips with him. A few summers ago we went to Maine for a vacation. The cottage we stayed in was right on the lake, and in the back was all woods. We would get up early in the morning and go hiking up the road to an old sawmill. There he would point out to me deer tracks and skunk tracks in the mud. About sundown we would go out in the boat and Hsh for bass, and we often had very good luck. On some of our trips together he told me of his experiences in France in the First World War. He was a motorcycle dispatch rider and had many interesting stories to tell. Before the war he was on a ranch in California and I never tire of hearing his yarns about the West. He is always ready to listen to my troubles and finds a way to help me. He encourages me in both my work and play. He has always stressed the point of playing the game fair and being a good loser. I will work hard to live up to the ideal he has set before me. You see, this grand person is my Dad, Robert Weigold Grade 6 Jelldflfjl-JEVS!!

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April flowers, Blossoms in May Bring us flowers To bloom And stay. Barbara Livingston Grade 1 THE TIN CAN GARDEN Some time ago my little brother decided to help our family with the high prices. I-le heard my father talking about food costing so much. I will plant a garden that grows things already canned, he thought. So out he went. That night when my mother went looking for a can of string beans she saw that the cabinet was empty. Vincent, she called, do you know anything about these missing cans? Yes, Mom, he answered, I planted a tin can garden. Of course my mother was astonished, but she had a plan. When my father came home from work that evening they went out into the yard. Next morning my brother came running in, Mom, come and see my garden! Sure enough! There in the garden were rows of cans, beans, carrots, ham, tongue, beets, peas, even pickles and milk. Nancy jean Devine Grade 5 :evenly-nine