North Shore Country Day School - Mirror Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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THE MIRROR BEFORE REINCARNATION It happened that in the year 1900 there was a group of members of the animal species who took up their abode in a zoo of great note. The prize of this zoo was chimpanzee Sue — a monkey, brightly colored, which had been taken from the southern part of Africa — where she sojourned every winter on account of her health. Daughd, the cub, was the beast the children loved to watch the most. She would stand up upon her hind legs each time a strange child came near her, and then, with a good-natured lunge, would polk her ungainly paw thru the bars, while the child leaped back in terror, and while the other children laughed up- roarously. In the zoo ' s artificial forest lived numerous wild animals and birds. Nancy owl, perched on the limb of a tree, sat all day long, blinking her eyes and keeping her wells of knowledge to herself — altho sometimes she did tell something to Nanc, who immediately flew all over spreading everything she heard. Occasionally Henny giraffe could be seen standing near the owl and craning her neck for each trace of news — altho looking indifferent (in that strange way that giraffes have) to all she heard. In a sunny glade of that forest lived a deer and her daughter Madge. All day long the young animal could be observed stumbling after the sparrow for her news, or gamboling playfully on the green — the little dear! A fox, named Tayl, because of her beautiful hair inhabited a cave. Every day she would come into the middle of the forest, where there was an open space, to take the sun. Hattie bee and Mary mouse seemed to be entirely different from each other, but in reality they accomplished almost the same things. Hattie would buzz around busily all day long while Mary mouse would sit quietly the whole time. Down by a pond of glistening blue water lived the stork, Les. Of all the animals she was the most popular because of the joy she gave to so many of her spectators. Two dogs — Saint Barnard Annie and Mim, the fox terrier — squabbled and played together day in and day out, never seeming to tire. Occasionally they would chase after Laurie chipmunk, but they were never able to catch her. She was too quick for them, for she was used to running in and out of queer places, always gathering food. However, the strangest sight in the whole zoo was to see camel Jane walking around and around the forest trying to walk her mile a day, which is pretty far for a camel. Of course it is plain to see how happy this little group was together. They had become used to one another, and when the first of them died it was a great blow to the rest. However, one by one, they all died, and, as each one left this world, she heaved a sigh of deep regret, thinking sadly that she would never see the others again. But then, life is not so cruel after all, for, in the year 1932, Nancy owl (who had now been reincarnated as a young girl, and who went to N. S. C. D. S.) realized that some of the characteristics she had noticed in Daughd, the cub, were revived in one of her school mates. Soon, she discovered that all her classmates at N. S. C. D. S. were none other than her old friends of the zoo. Twenty-one 19 3 2

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THE MIRROR Soph lomores INFERNO— AND POINTS SOUTH In the autumn of the year 2032, I was strolling thru a remote section of the woods, when I met what I considered a suspicious character. He was dark, and as I approached him, I noticed that his eyes gleamed like hot coals, and that he breathed smoke. Then all at once I recognized Mr. Corkran. Well, if this isn ' t the devil! , I exclaimed. Yes, replied Air. Corkran gloomily, I am. I ' ve got a new job now. Much easier, too. Oh! I said. Come along with me, continued the breather of smoke, And I ' ll show you where I work. Curiosity overcame me, and I followed him deep into the depths of the forest. On and on we walked, and soon I found that we were going down. In a few minutes the forest vanished and we found ourselves in a dark tunnel, ever descending. So this is China , I thought, after a few hours of this. No , said my guide, evidently a good mind reader, This is . , and then he named the place. Soon the tunnel widened, and on each side caves could be seen. In one of these caves I saw four people playing poker, they were all sitting on flames, yelling in pain. Upon coming closer, I recognized, from left to right. Charles Harding, Helen Bersbach, Spencer Beman, and Elizabeth Buchen. Next we came upon Elsie Earle and Ruth Friedman, wallowing in some molten lava, having the time of their deaths. As we entered another cavern, John Macy, and Ski W ebbe appeared out of some smoke. They rushed at us, screaming loudly, but Mr. Corkran soon turned them back with threats of complex sentences. Twenty-three 19 3 2