John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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of l11s forlor11 legs Nexx strcngth stole 1nto 111s SIDCXXS 11exx x1gor lI1fO l11s blood Tl1e mans l1ps tlut 1nd crlcked drexx back 1n a knoxxmg smile H knexx the gull xx as Sf llN1I1,Q 11oxx It xxaited xx1tl1 groxxmg 1mp1t1ence It had knoxxn nothmg of I lt1OlllI'ly,, It had eaten more fully tl1an the 111a11 but not as often Its body xx as clamor 1ng r1g1ng xx1th hunger It qu1xered xx1th a l1orr1ble des1re to reach the b1scu1ts xxh1ch the mln l1 1d spread out before l11n1 Tl1e b1scu1ts xx ere all the u saxx It couldnt te lr 1ts eyes from them They possessed the gull completely The man bhnked the sxx eat out of h1s eyes l1e couldnt trust them He could feel the turgxd blood pou11d1ng at 111s temples and along his xxr1sts He xxas determ1ned xxhatexer hap pened not to lose h1s head He d1dnt xxant h1s bram to stop xyorkmg He could stand the stra1n on 111s legs and body and a hunger like a sn lke co1l1ng and unco1l1ng rn h1s stomach but the stra1n rnxolved 1n xxa1t1ng for h1s enemys next moxe filled l1lIH Wltll anx1ety xxl11ch set l11S cheek muscles There xxas a s1lence save for tl1e gurgl1ng of the long sloxx sxxells among the rocks He xxas a l1ttle fr1ghtened as he xxatched tl1e xxaxes pound the shore laz1ly and 1ncessantly xx 1th a shoxx of careless contempt The man turned his gaze toxx ard tl1e gull xx1th a pass1on of sheer hatred It moxed closer gr1pp1ng tl1e xx et sl1p pery rock xx1th 1fS talons He saxy though he d1d not realize the gulls body xxas no longer sleek and xxell muscled It xx as shabby and unkempt and almost as emac1ated as the man It hopped closer and closer 1nch by 1nch The man xxa1ted xx1th breathless caut1on Somehoxx the game d1dnt seem to 111oxe sxx1ftly enough for tl1e man I ich tnmc tl1e mln n11de tl1e shghtest rnoxe tl1e gulls body qu1vered and 1t hrckcd furthcr ixxay But xxhen he stopped it crept forxx 1rd 1 l1ttle closer th 111 before The mln decrded to quell ill l1es1 tat1on Ill the b1rd s m1nd He moxed the b1scu1ts sloxxly forxx 1rd 111 l11s l1a11d as 1f l1e xx ere engaged 111 a game of checkers He xx is pl 1y111'g 1 de ldly gan1e l1e rssured l11mself 1 deadly game H1s cl1eckers LOIlSlSfCLl of tl1ose prec1ous b1SLUltS xx l11cl1 were the xy hole source of h1s emstence xx l11cl1 he r1sked Ill l1opes of lurrng tl1e gull Tl1e next moxe depended ent1rely on tl1e gull If the man d1ed tl1e chances of tl1e gulls surx1val xxould be d1rectly 111 creased If the gull d1ed tl1e mans chances xxould be 1l1CI'CZ1SCd at least by days Tl1e st rkes xxere h1gh E1ther tl1e gull or the man must dle The mans heart pounded l1yster1c ally H1s eyes glared h1s mouth slob bered 1n horr1ble ant1c1pat1on He pushed h1s checker b1scu1ts for xx 1rd Just a l1ttle more and then the man sl1pped 1n h1S xxeakness the bag jerked from 111s grasp and fell Fell l1orr1bly into a fissure IH the rock Too deep doxxn to be reached by n1an or b1rd Tl1e man felt as though a fiery brand had penetrated l11s every yo1nt h1s eyes drstended xx1th a bl111d1ng heat The VCIHS sxxelled 1n hlS throat He flushed paled aga1n and struggled xx1th the r1s1ng xxave of pass1on H rebelled aga1nst th1s calam1ty V1olence surged up wx1th1n h1m Th1S xxas xxrong ent1rely xxrong He yxisnt ready for a tl11ng lrke tl11s But then he knexx there xxas no comfort no l1elp no hope He sud denly felt a ch1lled breath on h1s burn1ng forehead Tu wily fam ' V ,Q V , V V V V V L c ' c c - ' 7 V 'kV Li L z z , . . . Y , , ' c ' ' - , V V- 1 --s 1 V V. V V c c c c c c . 7 ' ' ' . e . '1 1 c , , .V , , ' 1 L . A . , c V, V - 2 1 l 2 1 - 'e L . . . ' ' ' c 7. . ' b . . V V V V. V Q G 1 , . , - . L V V 7 ' , ' ' ' -- V, V ' , V 4 ' . 7 . 4 L Y T a. c ' c c ,' , ' V V1 f ' V . 4 ,A 5 1 4 ' ' , '- , V V ,. - -- - ' 4 c K - . . Q . Y Q . Q . Y .Q Y ll , . 7 . . . . , W , r - V - , il - 1 - 7 . 9 , , , 1 . . , . - y V V V - , . ' ' v - ' , ' L ' 7 . . V . l Y . ' s V V I V . V 2 - V ' . - V . , , . , . V ' ' - . , ' 7 l ' 2 . 3 - V V V2 , . . . . . V V V 9 . , . V' V - ' V V V c , V V ' V V1 V , . 7 Y. V y V. . . V. . V . , V Y . 9 7 V V V V V 1 . , . e V . , . . . . 7 V V V , V V 1. L ' V y V V V, ' . , . L - ' f V V Q V V' 1 , . , , . . , . V

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He made rnartrculate norses of fury' He knew now that the gull would soon prey upon hrm for food as long as he was on the rsland That was the rnstrnct of the gull The conflrct of rnstrncts became more than eycr rnevrtable for the man knew he would try to krll the gull rf he saw rt The man was too weak to thrnk yery clearly but he had found a rock wrth a hollow rn rt He put the bag of brscurts there and lay down Hrs body formed a protectrng lrd over the receptacle of food The gull could not reach the brscurts wrthout at tackrng hrm hrst He sat wrth a splrn tered club rn hrs hand watchrng the unchangrng horrzon wrth a srngle h my groprng thought The skua gull or he must dre The sun sank and 1 multrtude of strrs gazed down upon the man a monstrous aggregatron of star eyes He drd not even glance at the horrzon now He grew raprdly weaker but hrs whole thought was fixed on drs pensrng wrth the company of hrs sole comprnron the skua gull He could guess too well what was rn tre ser gu s mrnd now rnforced wrth food rts rnsrtrrble appe trte would not be satrslied wrth a few dry brscurts He remembered clearly thc berdy eyes wrth therr look of clcsrre ind fear Hc looked rnto the crepe blrck nr rt He w r ser no s r Nothrng but hurtlrng rn rsses of w lter rnd form plungrng upon and oyer the rslrncl T e tentrcles of ferr rn the mars mrncl were closrng now wrthour h rung acturlly surrounded hrm he felt tle strenf th of therr cl rsp It w rs rob rbly the darkness the nrght and the breeze whrch suddenly seemed to chrll rrm 11141111 flu He felt farnt not wrth pam but wrth fear He lay down Suddenly he felt no hunger nor even hrs thrrst He was peculrarly clearheaded and calm Hrs body was weak to be sure but there were no hunger grrprngs rn hrs stomach It seemed strange to be free from that never endrng gnawrng of hunger lrke a hawks talon tearrng at hrs vrtals The man s head was clear now and wrth rts clarrty one factor stood upper most rn hrs mrnd He knew the brrd must be as hungry as he Slowly and delrberately he set out hrs bag of precrous brscurts They would serve as substantral bart for hrs wary opponent He lay on guard besrde rt club rn hand wartrng Before hrs squrntrng eyes the lonely skylrne of fissured rock wayered and pulsed lrke the rrm of the surroundrng restless sea Then he herrd a lrttle sound and rn the moonlrght he saw 1 moy ement was the gull It was strll for fr long trme The mln drd not move The brrd hopped toward hrm then st pp d Presently rts head bent for w ard rs rf rt questroned the man wrth glowrng eyes A qurckenrng emotron surged through the man 1 hrgh rntoxr c rtron stronger than lrfe stronger than death A cool hand seemed to pass oy er hrs brow and cheeks and taperrng hngers seemed to knead the muscles , , v v - ' - , , , W. Y. . . 2 I Y ' w . r r I ' a ' l V- - . I 4 L T' . V ' I ,C . f ' '- V' ' 1- v ' . 4 9 . . . . , Y Y ' C L ' ' , A . , . L z , y I I , ' , . . . . I Y V ' . - r 2 , , U . . . I Y ' l ll' ' ' ' ' . '. Re- . . I . . , , , L 2 K - , Y ' . . . ' r , , ' , v . 4. ' V A I v v' I v ' L . 2 . 2 l , . V I 2 V ' 'L V L l . gl . f sa ro x, ta s. If 'L , V ' t . Y ' Y rf ' , ' K L L K L . L . 2 1 , ' 1 ' k L 1 - o e . ' - h ' 1' 'Q ' rrj U 1-' ' ' f ' -. r - -S' , . .' L V' y ,' Y , ' , ' ' c ' c L R ' .' 4 4' Q ' 1 ' ' 1' K s L ' ' g rr' . 4 p - fr , , -1 v - , ' Y - V Y . l ' 1 ' L p. '1 . JNL,

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