Kingfield High School - Abram Breeze Yearbook (Kingfield, ME)

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BOOMERANG Mom, I don,t feel very wellf, janey said listlessly. Why, what is wrongffw her mother asked in alarm. Oh, I have a headache, and my stom- ach doesn't feel very goodf' she replied in an offhand manner. I donit think you had better go to school, Dear. Go to bed, and Iill be back in a minute. I have to get your sisteris breakfastf, and with that Mom bustled out. Ho, ho! I guess I fooled herf, janey thought. I get so 'fed up, with school. Now, I,ll spend the day in bedf, Sighing luxuriantly, she picked up a movie maga- zine and settled down into the pillows. It,s so convenient to be 'sick, when you donit want to go to schoolf' Presently, her mother came in. ujaney, I dont want you to read, because it will make your headache worsef, Not wishing to spoil her scheme, she obeyed. What would you like for breakfast, Dear? Some fruit juice and toast is easy to digest and wouldnit be too heartyf, Mom said with authority. Yes, I guess that will be okayf, said janey with a sinking heart, for she wanted a big breakfast. She thought, I can have an early dinner with the trimmingsf, Mom soon returned with a small piece of toast and a glass of orange juice. Take these pills, Dear. The green one is iron and liver, the red one is a cold capsule, and the white one is for your headache? Gosh!v thought janey. How many more are there?v Later her mother had to go down to the Page Twenty-One The Abram Breeze 6 corner store for some things for dinner. 'Tll go upstairs after that mystery story while Mom's gone, and sheill never know the difference? jane went upstairs and be- gan hunting. What do you suppose I did with it? Is it in the box next to the door or the one near the window? I think I put it in the box next to the doorf, She rum- znaged around and not finding it in one, looked in the other. Glancing out the win- dow, who did she see coming, but her mother? Moml she gasped. janey scrambled up, rushed downstairs, and leaped breathlessly into bed. Natural- ly her face was flushed, and her heart was beating wildly. c'Why janey, how red your face is! Iim going to take your temperaturef, Mom rushed into the bathroom and came back with a thermometer. My goodness, your temperature is one hundred one degrees and six tenths. You certainly wonit go to school this afternoonf, Am I ever hungry? The breakfast I had wouldnit fill a mouse. Mom probably wonit let me have a big dinner. About now I could eat a huge potato, ankequally huge piece of steak, and two kinds of vegeta- blesf, Her mouth watered at the mere thought. Mom was getting dinner and the delicious smells drifted in. She flopped over and buried her face in the pillow. Sally came home from school and went in to see her aillv sister. Hi, janey, Boy, would I like to be in your shoes, - I mean' in bedf she giggled. c'It must be great to stay home, if you aren,t really sick. VVell, I have to eat and run to schoolf, I wish I had gone to school, thought the now miserable janey. For dinner jane had shredded wheat. orange juice, and pills. Then, Mom told

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The Abram Breeze the still hungry girl to sleep. The after- noon finally passed and supper came. More shredded wheat, more orange juice, and more pills. Also something new - cod liver oil. 'cHadn,t you better go to sleep now, Dear? Maybe if youjre better in the morn- ing, you can go to schoolf, 'lSchool! Dear Lord, please forgive me for faking sickness. Iill never do it again. live learned my lesson. Please let me go to school tomorrow, and I'll always be grateful. Amen!', jean Morrison '55 A BEAR STORY My brother decided to go to the Cat- skill mountains hunting bears. They had been giving the farmers in the region a lot of trouble, the sheep were disappearing and the dogs could not cope with the situ- ation. Therefore, bear hunting in this re- gion was more than just a sport. It was quite cold, but Bobby, being a rugged individualist, did not mind how 'cold it was just so long as he had warm feet. Having arrived at Cairo, he pur- chased canned goods and some chocolate. He intended to stop at a lodge halfway up the slope. It was three oiclock in the afternoon when Bobby, now happily settled in the lodge, decided to take a walk. The shadows were falling across the path and the big tree branches groaned and whined like something alive. No doubt the hair bris- tled a bit on the back of his neck. He start- ed to whistle to bolster his courage, but he stopped suddenly, for within about eight yards of where he was standing there appeared a bear cub. At this point he did not know whether to shoot or to walk up to it. Throwing all caution to the wind and thinking it would be nice to have a cub for a pet, Bob walked toward it. Then the very rocks seemed to come alive, and from behind one hurtled a huge bear. Bobby really made good use of his legs. He rushed down the path so fast that he surprised himself at the speed he could make if it was necessary. Do not think he was too frightened to continue his hunting trip, for now he knew just where to get a bear. Having fortified himself with a cup of hot chocolate, he de- cided to return to the path. This time he was fully prepared and was quite calm when the big bear came into view. He made a clean shot and felt it was a good dayis work. Patricia Walker ,55 ABSENT MINDED Sally, better get up, itis almost 6:30.', Oh, Oh! Thatis Motheris voice. Gee Whiz! I could sleep the rest of the morning if it wasnit for school. Well, Iid better roll out, if I donit, Iill fall back to sleep sure as anything. c'I,ll be right down, Motherf, Gosh! Why did they ever invent such a thing as school? And why do I have to live so far from school that I have to get up so early to meet that old bus. I could catch a few winks of sleep going to school if that bus wasn't so rickety and if the roads werenit so rough. Well, no use lying here dreaming, better get downstairs and eat so I'll have time to put up those lunch- es. Darn the cold dinners day in and day out - cold sandwiches for dinner. Some people are lucky they live so near to school they can go home to a nice hot dinner. Well, better hurry and finish putting up these dinners so I can comb Sis's hair. Then Weill have to start for school. How nice! It snowed again last night. Thereis so much snow I don't think it will ever be hot enough to melt it. Whatis that noise? Oh, no! The wind is blowing again! Page Twenty-Two