Havergal College - Magazine Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Havergal College Magazine A TALE OF A FOX TERRIER I have a dog and his name is Peter. He has a curly tail and a lovely head. He plnmps down on the floor by the stove, and even knocks at the door, but we have found out his trick now. He runs after the cars and sometimes, when we are not looking at him, gets on them. He often comes to me in bed and snuggles about in the clothes. He likes playing with the kitten and makes rushes at it, and the kitten puts up his paw and scratches Peter. Alan Mozl-ey, Form II, aged 8. The Charge of the Light Brigade. A FLOWER STORY One morning I was taken out of a big bag and planted in a garden. I lay in darkness for a long time. Then, one bright sunny morning, I woke up to see the great World. I had two green leaves ; then I got bigger every day. In a few weeks I grew large and had a lovely pink flower and was what men call a Rose. Soon I was picked and taken to a florist ' s shop and I was put in a window. One day I was feeling very lonely to think I was doing no good in the world, when a little girl came in and bought me. Then she took me home to a poor sick lady and I was glad to think I was making somebody else happy. Dolly Peatt (12), Upper Third Form. 54

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Havergal College Magazine A CHAT IN THE PASTURE In Mr. Porter ' s lovely old pasture, under the shade of a big tree, stood a pretty little pony and a big white horse. My master, the pony was saying, sold me to a man who had a little girl named Peggy. The first morning she rode me I knew I would not like her, for she hit me with a thing they call a crop, and her hand was heavy on my bit. When I came in I was very hot and they gave me water to drink. In the afternoon the mistress of the house came out to look at me. About a week after that I was standing in my stall when the horse next to me began kicking the wall. I could smell smoke. Then a man came into my stall, put something over my eyes and led me out. I could hear a nasty crackling sound. Lady, the big black horse, got badly burnt and she had to be shot. The next day I was taken to a livery stable and a man came in to look at me ; he examined me carefully and talked with my master about buying me. In the afternoon 1 was brought here and since then I have been very happy. Just then the groom came into the pasture and took me into the stable. Kate Rowley, (Age 11). Upper Third Form. ADVENTURES OF A BOX OF CHOCOLATES I was a five-pound box of chocolates in Eaton ' s Store. I had been there quite a long while, as I was too big. One morning 1 was bought by some ladies. As I was wrapped up I could not see, but when the paper was removed I discovered that we were in a room which was moving. Soon I heard someone say it was a train. In the after noon there were only a dozen candies left. About five o ' clock I saw the ladies getting on their hats and I was afraid they would leave me behind, and, sure enough, they went away without me ! Soon I heard a little girl say to her grandpa, See, grandpa, they have left those candies, can I have them ? Yes, my dear, said the old gentleman. It was soon time to leave the train and we had to wait at the station and when the little child and her grandfather went away, they forgot me. I lay there for a Avhole hour, when in came a little ragged boy who took me home to his sick sister. I am happy now, but I am still here. G. M. Hixcii, Upper Third Form. Age 12. 53

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Havergal College Magazine THE ENCHANTED COIN (A Fairy Tale). Once upon a time there was a king who had a most beautiful daughter. She had long, black, flowing hair, banded with a golden circlet, and blue eyes the colour of the sky, and lips like cherries, and teeth like pearls. She wore dresses that made her look like a flower, and her name was Pansy. She was always kind to everybody, especially poor, sick peo- ple. She was fond of flowers and of roaming about in the woods. One day as she was out in the woods gathering flowers, she saw a little child lying among the mosses, groaning ; she asked what the matter was, and the child said she had slipped and hurt herself badly. The Princess took her home and she was soon made well. ISTow it happened that a wicked witch had made this little child slip to have revenge on its parents and so she was angry at Princess Pansy. One day when the Princess was out in the woods, she saw a little hut. She went in to see what it was like, but as soon as she got inside, the window and door both shut. She tried them but they were locked. It was the witch that had done this, hoping Princess Pansy would die of starvation. On the second day she was imprisoned in the hut she was sitting on the floor weeping, when a beautiful lady appeared before her. Princess Pansy, she said, I know how you have almost given up your life for somebody who was in danger; I am the Fairy of Charity. Putting a coin in the Princess ' s hand she faded out of sight. What is the use of a coin ? I wish I had a loaf of bread. E o sooner had she spoken these words than there was a loaf of bread in her hand. She discovered that the fairy had given her a wishing coin. She wished that the door was open. It stood open. She wished that she were back in her own bed-room, and a chariot drawn by six white doves with a golden harness appeared. She stepped in and it started off and stopped at her palace window. She stepped into her bedroom, put on her purple and gold robe and went clown to dinner. She met her father in the hall and told him her adventures. Just then a prince arrived at the palace and said he had trace of her, for the king had sent out word all through the kingdom that the Princess was lost, and whatever prince might find her and guess her name would gain her hand in marriage. Prince Sunbeam said, I know not your name, fair Princess, but you certainly look like a pansy. You are right, Prince Sunbeam, said the Princess, my name is Pansy. Soon afterwards their wedding was celebrated with much splendour and they lived happily ever after. Mary McQueen, Form Lower III, age 10. 55