Hewlett School - Special Yearbook (East Islip, NY)

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AS A TALE THAT IS TOLD Sonny had come to them rn the fall It was a nasty wet season so he stayed rn doors He watched them work She baked cookres and sweet cakes for Sonny He carved toys and taught Sonny songs The house was always frlled wrth laughter and srngrng Wrnter came and Sonny watched the snow prle up around the house He taught Sonny how to help to burld a frre The house glowed wrth love and warmth as they told Sonny storres from the brg black book Spot lay quretly by the hearth whrle Sonny stroked hrs back Wrnter stayed a long whrle Once he brought a brg green tree IHIO the lrvrng room She let Sonny help her to put candles on rt Sonny loved havrng rt there I smelled fresh and clean They loved to watch the lrttle boy look at rt Hrs small blue eyes lrt up lrke the candles One dav rt had to go but they promrsed Sonny another one next year They were happy because wrnter was strll there Sonny found much to explore rn the house and they were glad to have hrm close to them all the trme Sonny and Spot played rn the cellar dressed rn funny clothes from the attrc and slept serenely together rn the lrttle bedroom The snow frnally started to melt The sun came out often and a few brrds re turned He taught Sonny the names of the brrds as they came to the lrttle food box Early one mornrng he woke the lrttle boy Sonny knew rt was a specral day be cause they had told hrm Sonny and Spot searched the house for pretty colored eggs and then they had them for breakfast The lrttle boy was delrghted and they were very happy Sprrng was really here now The ground was berng drred up by the warm sunshme The grass had turned a brrght green and leaves were once agarn on the trees Spot was begrnnrng to grow restless He barked at the door and trred to pull Sonny out They told Sonny not to go The lrttle boy obeyed although hrs heart also began to yearn for the outdoors Sonny wondered what rt would feel lrke to run through the grass wrthout hrs shoes He thought rt would be fun to clrmb that brg tree rn the yard just lrke the squrrrel who lrved rn rt More than anythrng Sonny wondered what lay on the other srde of the hrll that he saw from hrs bedroom wrndow They trred to keep Sonny happy rn the house He told Sonny more storres and taught Sonny more games She made more cookres and drew pretty prctures for Sonny But Spot kept barkrng at the door and Sonny kept wonderrng about the outsrde One mornrng whrle they were strll sleeprng Sonny and Spot crept srlently down the starrs and out the door Sonny clrmbed the tree rn the front yard and frrghtened the squrrrel from rts bed Together Spot and Sonny ran across the freld where the grass was strll wet wrth dew ln a short trme they had clrmbed the hrll and Sonny saw what lay beyond rt more frelds and trees and hrlls He and Spot kept runnrng across the frelds and hrlls farther and farther away from the house and them It grew dark and he told her that Sonny was strll not found She wept and he drd too Sonny had gone the way that he had come So they drred therr tears and they made a new pact They would not thrnk of the present or of the future but of the past and of Sonny Patrrcra Darley Grade 12 47 ,, 0 1 - . . . . , . . . . I Q ' 1 . , . 1 1 . , ' 1 1 ' - . f I Q . , . . . , 0 - 1 , . 1 - I v 1 1 . - 1

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WE SPEND OUR YEARS THE BUTTERFLY Between the rollrng grass and the rose gardens on the center of the rarn morstened lrly there srts a creature of exqursrte beauty Its wrngs are of pure and crystal whrte rts trny body a mrst of gold IIS feet of beaten golden threads and rts head a dewdrop pearl I do not know from where rt came but there rt srts ahve to all a motronless prrncess of peace wrthout a qurver or a movement Its throne rs strll unruffled by the wrnd and all around rt remarns quret rn unmovrng grace And now lrke a fallrng star there comes another to thrs peaceful scene Its color rs the deep ebony of the darkest nrght and through rts wrngs lrke a lrghtnrng flash shrmmer srlver threads A creature whose delrcate porportrons could not rf measured by an atom s werght be drstrngurshed from the lovely creature before mentroned rs unlrke her rn that hrs body rs concerved of a srlver moonbeam and hrs feet of srlver threads and hrs head rs formed of the purest starry dramond l-lrs every movement rs alrve hrs body qurvers hrs wrngs are never strll The very arr around hrm swrms wrth hrs graceful beatrngs And now the lovely prrncess droops her snowy wrngs and bows her regal head then lrfts her body upward and jorns her mate on therr Journey back from whence they came Susan Schoenbaum Grade I0 FALL THOUGHTS Wrld lrttle brown leaf Wrth your pornts curled up Clawrng at the ground To stop your restless wanderrng fou must go on Roamrng rs your nature Untrl your Journey s end When you rrse rn the arr from a burnrng leaf prle Sally Oakes Grade ll THEY CALLED HIM SONNY They called hrm Sonny not only because they drdn t know hrs name but because Sonny frtted hrm so well Ile trred so hard to act lrke a man and be grown up but he was only four and Sonny seemed a natural name Sometrmes they wondered rf he had once been a John or a Brll but they soon remembered therr pact They wouldn t thrnk of the past or of the future but just of the present and Sonny He was an adorable chrld blond wrth round, rosy cheeks He loved to romp and laugh and hrde and Cal He never crred and always krssed them when tears came from therr old eyes Spot was Sonny's only young companron Although he was a dog, Spot seemed to have a complete understandrng of Sonny They communrcated wrtn each other by a method all therr own They were rnseparable ff 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 , . . . . . . 1 1 , . 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 . . , 1 . . , . 1 . 1 . V . 1 . - - 1. 11 1 , . , .

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THE LOST OPPORTUNITY She awoke early that particular moming As she looked around the stark bare room which she called her own she thought to herself Today will be the last day that I will have to face these barren walls again She packed a little bag with one loaf of bread and some hard cheese She dressed in her warmest clothes which were not many and around her head she tied a small scarf which had patches sewn over the holes On her feet she wore a pair of heavy shoes the only sturdy part of her outfit ln this manner she quietly stole out of the little shack not awakening the only other pair sleeping in the only other room As she walked out into the cold moming air she became alive Looking first to the right and then to the left she proceeded forward Her heart pounding and her brain going over each step of her prepared plan she advanced She kept thinking I MUST stay calm I WILL stay calm No one was in sight yet she knew that at any minute at any point she could be stopped and questioned This area parttcularly the area ten miles between her shack and the border would be heavily guarded but she would take her chances Running now to get to the protection of the woods her breath came in gasps but she kept on Finally in the shelter of the trees she slowed down and rested but not for long She had to keep going she could not stop After a short rest and a bit of the bread she continued on her dangerous way Stumbling over hidden branches her legs were bruised and her hands were cut but she struggled on High above she heard the sounds of the forest The trees were singing hurry hurry as the wind rushed through their naked branches While looking up she stumbled she pushed on It was now six hours slnce she had left her humble dwelling and she hoped that the others had not called the police lf the latter were true she had to hurry for the time would grow short She stopped once more but could not stop long She was halfway to her destination and only had time for a minute of rest a little bite of cheese and a piece of stale bread this being the last bit of food until she reached the border The day grew darker and the air grew colder Her feet were numb and her hands had no feeling within them but her strength had not given out for within her heart beat as strong as ever She thought Only a few more miles and l shall be free That was the only thing that kept her body and mind moving She had planned this day for years and now her plan would come true She was close to the border now which meant that she must slow down her welfare lay in her ability to be quiet and in her alertness She was crawlxng now instead of walking The ground was cold against her hot face and she could feel the hard and Jagged stones and vines as she crawled forward on her stomach Slowly very slowly she edged her wav along the ground until she saw the barb wire fence Her heart stopped beating as she stared at the marvelous sight in front of her Slowly and cauttously she wormed her way forward every now and then turning to see if anyone was in sight Ten five three feet more to go and she would be free A few more when out of nowhere a shot was heard She stared dumbfounded trying desperately to stand and run but collapsing in front of the barb wire With her last bit of strength her hand grabbed under the wire and as the life ebbed from her body she clasped to her heart the soil of a free country June Feldmann Twelfth Grade 48 . U . ' . . ' and twisted one of her ankles. Pain shot through her leg, but her determination was far greater--