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

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our wisest purchase because we soon found out that by tieing it to his finger he was a little easier to keep track of. After a good deal of persuasion we convinced him to feed the pigeons which seemed to remind him of chick- ens. Hating to shatter a beautiful illu- sion we continued to allow him to call them chickens if that was all that was necessary to make him happy. We thought that we would make the monkey house our last stop. When we got inside we were so enchanted by their amusing antics that we were obli- vious to all responsibility. When sud- denly we realized that there were two of us instead of three I frantically ran out calling the child. I spotted a pink balloon in the distance and ran toward it. With a sigh of relief I saw my young relative sitting on a bench. taking off his shoes and stockings so that he could go wading. This made me decide to leave immediately before anything else could happen. We each grabbed a hand and virtu- ally dragged him into the subway be- fore he could request to see anything else. Completely exhausted, he fell asleep on the train giving us a much nszeded chance to rest. When we got home our future looked comparatively neat while we looked as though we had iust been through a commando attack. We did have a certain feeling of self-satisfac- tion because we thought that he had a pleasant day. But when he retorted to his mother's query about the zoo. Phooey on the zoo. when are they going to take me to the airport? . we realized that the theory that a child will have an exciting time there is an adult fallacy. We now grudgingly ad- mit that it is the doting adult who has the adventure. as we make plans to take him to the airport next Sunday. X ,UQ 1'-. Illustration by Eugene Thompson