Nathaniel Hawthorne Junior High School 74 - Insights Yearbook (Bayside, NY)

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THE RABBIT By Bonnie Rosenblit 8-1 There once was a rabbit who lived in the zoo, Surprisingly enough, he said, Moo, moo. The zookeeper didn ' t know what to do, No one understood it. Do you? Well, the answer is simple, It ' s easy to see, The rabbit liked cows, That ' s what he wanted to be. The townspeople were kind, They lifted their brows, And soon enough, They treated him like a cow! After a while, It became a habit, And then this so-called cow, Wanted again to be a rabbit! SIX CATS TOO MANY By Talar Papelian 8-2 One cat ' s a fine pet Two cats are buddies, Three cats are company, Six cats are too many! piro O THE FROG There once was a frog named Glen Oak, Who was in a lake and got soaked. He screamed and he cried, And finally he died, But in plain, simple English - he croaked! By Elliot Austin 8-2 34

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REMEMBERING By Valerie dayman 8-2 Monday is my birthday Did you remember? I wonder If you even care. I would have been four months you know. I wonder if as you write the date, on another Spanish test Will you stop and remember me? Will you remember the first time we talked? Or laughed? Or the first time you held me? And for a spilt second Will you want me back? 1 11 still be there waiting For you to remember. LIFE AS IT GOES By Marcy Laufer 8-2 I am water, You - snow. I am running through the streets Meeting everyone. You are sitting still All alone. Getting colder and colder Rushing everyone away I run through you. We become one. Water. You are no longer cold. We are warm, Comforted. Snow falls. We must hide, Separately. You freeze immediately. But I am being pulled Upward Away from you Away from my friends Now, I fall. Snow. The storm ends. I am not with you any longer. I am paralysed. Shocked. Y ou go with your new found friends. I am alone. A JANUARY AFTERNOON By Valerie Clayman 8-2 Today I saw you once again. The wind was blowing in your face And your smile was wide and bright. Were you thinking of me? Of the times we shared? I was. Only I didn ' t have a smile. Just one lone tear trickling down my cheek, As I see that without me you can still be happy. but without you, I cannot.

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THE VALUE OF EDUCATION By Paula Freedman 8-2 Us, We, Our, Oh, does I hate grammar! Who cares anyway, The way us say and write? Them thinks us is stupid, ' Cause us don ' t talk right. But us is smarter than them know, Just, with English, it don ' t show! TIME By Bonnie Rosenblit 8-1 Did you ever stop and wonder, where the time goes? People say they know the answer But no one really knows. Does it just disappear, Does it go away, Or does it come back another time, Another year, another day? Many believe that time goes by too fast, We often wish that a certain day would last. Although we cannot control time, As of now, With technology so advanced, We may someday know how. GROWING PAINS by Marcy Laufer 8-2 When you were six, And you cried, Your older sister looked at you crooked, And you were put down For being a baby. Now, ten years later, a song triggers an emotion, causing a tear to trickle down your cheek, And they call it Growing up. i ' Mtt ' i ' m 35