Lincoln Elementary School - Magnet Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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vvs-.A-.-.-.-.-.u+.-verv-v-v-.rv-v-v-v-va-v-Ja-v-.-.-v--v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-.-.-v-.-.-.-v'v-v-v-v---v-v-v-.-v-v-v-v-v-vevz MY MO-.ST EMBARVASSING EXPERIENCE Mary Costa, TA. Mary, have you darned your stocking yet, said mother just as I started to read the evening papers. Oh, I forgot -to, I answered, bu: I'll darn i-t before I go to school to- morrow. A You h-ad better darn it now, said mama, It seems as if you always forget. ' 'But I'm so interested right now,'I l answered, 1 swont lake my shoes off n front of anyone, I continued, Mother left the room and after finishing the paper, I commenced to read a story book, A gen-tleman came down to visit us afterwards-. I do not lfnow what prompted me to un- tle my shoelface, but I d'd, I-Ie was just quick enough to grab my foot and although I tugged and pushed, he took my shoe clear off. Oh, how he laughed when he saw that hole in my stocking! 'He said, You're a nice one, you are. You fdon't even know how to darn your stockings. I do so, I answered. Just be- cause it W-asnit darn-ed th-is time, you comeand take my shoe off. More embarrassment. hole in mother said, I thought you werenlt going to take your shoes off in front one. 'VVe l, I didn't, I answered, he did.' 'Then they all laughed at my expense. This was my most em- barrassing experience, As if be ng' caught with a my stocking was not enough, of any- .imp-.i. TINY. Helen Garpenter, A-8. She was white: entirely white, ex- cept for her large brown eyes, pink, inrquisitive nose, 'black soft silky ears and one black foot. Her tail always wagging, her ears pricked up, her eyes keenly searching for any cat asleep or awake, at home or the impression -f astray. Tiny gave being a live wire, Every dog h-as certainly had hers the grass chewing content or d'igg'ng his day, and she as she romped in it to her fheart's after gophers and mice llmeneath the grass roots. She enjoyed snapping at the goats' heels and frightening the stupid creatures by 'barking when they went out to feed, But her chief. deight was--howl- ing at night at any hour of the n'ght, whenever 'her fancy inclned so ,She was, indeed, the pet and yet tlhe pest of the neighlborhood! .....1ei.... JACK, Wallace Hill, B8. Jfacfk was a good natured dog, but he disliked tiramps. One morning a tramp knocked at our door for something to eat. I could hardly refuse, as he was ragged and look- ed as if he were hungry. When Jack saw him he growled, This should have been a warning to the tr-a-inp, but he deliberately turned on the faucet, when much to his sunprise, Ja-ck sailed out and fastened his teeth on the tramp's ankle. The tramp kicked the dog in the ribs. This made me angry, so I told the dog to go to ft, The tramp made a hasty retreat to the railroad station, but when he got there he found the dog waiting for him. Jack had gone the shortest way. Again the teeth came down upon the man's leg. With a yell, he wrenched his foot loose and exceeded the speed limit. I would venture to say that that hobo told the rest of the g-ang to stay away from our house, because none of them ever visited our house