Northern Arizona State Teachers College - La Cuesta Yearbook (Flagstaff, AZ)

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4 L v Ia Cuesta Cittlr (SiiafuB 3)u Irii-iyiuj iCan Aitlnir I ' likmiuii Little Goofus was consciously sac- lificitiK his liody to the welfare of his nocturnal friends whose existence hroufrht them close to him every ninfht. The very thought of them made him shiver as he slipped be- neath the sheets and was soon in the land of dreams. Myl What a queer place. How hijrh the walls extended. How lonely everything appeared, how dirty things were a.bout him. Little did he realize that he was liminished to scarcely the size of a bedbug and was standing in his own room. Little Goofus walked about in bewilderment. What biought him here? Why didn ' t lie go? Couldn ' t he think? Who knows. Little Goofu.s was under the sp. ' ll of the dream master, and wculd remain in the realms of lreamland until the spell was broken. As Little (ioofus walked about he came to a corner where the Great Walls joined, he could scarcely see the top, they were so high. As he was standing gazing around a large awkward ani- mal apjiroached him. Little Goofus was f lightened. In fact he was ;o frightened he could scarcely move. .My what an ugly creature, thoug ht (ioofus, as the animal approached rather slowly and sat down by him. All signs of fear left Little Goofus, and he asked rather boldly, Who are you ? L said the animal, why I ' m a bedbug. And who are you? asked the animal. I ' m Little Goofus from thi North- ern Arizona Teachers college, said Goofus. I ' m going out to have dinner, said Bedbug, won ' t you come along? Being (|uite hungry Little Goofus consented (juite readily. Aft- er walking across the great room, Little Goofus became (luite tired and asked of Bedbug where he ate. Oh, I eat first in one plrca an(f then in another, said Bedbug as un- concerned as though he hadn ' t a carp in the world. They finally came to a tall white post which Bedbug called a bed post. They climbed up and up until Little Goofus got lizzy when he looked down, but h e clinched his teeth and went up and up until they came to a large white field which Bedbug called a sheet. I ' m getting tired, sai l CJiofus, how much further do we have to go? See that large mountain over there, said Bedbug, that ' s known as Fool mountain. Little Goofus gazed off across the great white fields, true enough; he saw a great rolling moun- tain which seemed to be covered with long slender sticks, which Bedbug described as hair. They w ere getting closer to the mountain now and Goofus saw many more animals just like Bedbug, but he wasn ' t afraid. As they walked over a large wrinkle they came upon a red pond, which hail a rathei- obnoxious oilor. Here Bedbug paused, for out in the pond was an- other animal which seemed to be rather flat and dead. Big peaily tears rolled down Bedbug ' s cheeks as he looked at the other animal. Little Goofus aske l what the matter was and Bedbug said, It is my grand- mother, the fool mountain has rolled over on her and she has gone to Bed- bug heaven. My! she must of bled to death, thought Little Goofus, as he looked at the red puddle about her. They were very close to the mountain now and Goofus felt rather uneasy for fear it might roll over again as Bedbug explained that ho lost sev- eral of his ancestoi ' s in this manner.

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Tjt Cuesta Dearest Lydla: Isn ' t it wonderful that Christopher Columbus took two schooners and discovered America? Sincerely, IZZZY LYING HERMAN Answer — Dear Joe: Yes, it vvas wonderful in those days but don ' t you try anything like it because if you took a couple of schooners made of the stuff they are using now days, it ' s hard telling what you would discover. Dear Miss: Last night, 1 met the one man for me. He said something that made me awfully angry. He said that he wasn ' t married but that didn ' t keep him from raising families. Isn ' t that awful? Yours truly, ' IMA NICEGIRL COX Answer — Dear Miss Cox: You shouldn ' t take offense at that; he meant nothing wrong. He may be single but he probably is an elevator operator. Dearest Lydia: You know everything; can you tell me the difference between an umbrella and a woman ? I. KNOWEVERYTHING HEYWOOD Answer — Dear Miss Heywood :That ' s easy. You can shut an umbrella up. Whatsa? Dear Lvdia : Do chestnuts have legs? I. KNELOTT DUFFY Answer — Dear Miss Duffy: Of course not. You must have swallowed a worm. Dear Lydia: One of the questions asked in the mail carriers ' examination was as follows: What has four legs and flys all around? Do vou know? With love, WHYBE SOBER CARNELL Answer — Dear Innocence : You want me to say, Two robins, which makes four legs and fly all around, but I won ' t. Instead, I will say, A dead horse and flies all around. Dear Lydia: I am doing a little research work concerning prohibition. One thing I don ' t know is, do you know when a man is dead drunk? Please enlighten me. Yours, lAM WORRIED DETLOFF Answer — If your mother won ' t tell you I will have to. He is dead drunk when he comes home late, jnits the candle in bed, and then blows himself out. My friend Lydia: Uncle Zeke says he gets shaved in a barber shop, still he hasn ' t been there for many years. How do you figure it? Lovingly, JILL LETBLADES PETERSON Answer — Dear Miss Peterson: That ' s clear, mug there. He iust left his 3. :. a. -ir jL t . £ . ' itrsr £ , mj 2 M

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Xa Cuesta BeilbuK wiped the tears off of his cheeks, ami said, Well, we can ' t let death intevfcie with our meals. So they went on. The mountain looned up so high that Little Goofus couldn ' t help but marvel at its greatness. As the.v (hew nearer Little Goofus heard queer noi.-es which Bedbug explained as snores and told Goofus not to be alarmed as the snores would get louder as they not closer to the maun- tain. Little Goofus was on the verg? of a nervous breakdown but he man- aged to hold him. e!f together and go on. They finally came to the moun- tain, where they sat down and took a rest. Little Goofus was fascinated at the experience he was having, but fear gradually crept over him when the thought of the dead animals they pai sed on the way, and that any mo- ment Fool mountain might roll over and crush the life out of him. After they had rested a while they started to climb. Up they climbed through the hair forest where Bedbug saw several of his friends who seem- ed to be standing on their heads and apparently too busy to talk. They did not go nuch further when Bedbug stopped and said, This is where wc arc going to eat. Little Goofur looked around, but couldn ' t see a thing to eat in sight, finally he asked. Where is the grub? Bedbug evi- dently astonished at such an ignorant inquiry, merely said, Little Goofus, you are standing on your grub. Lit- tle Goofus looked down sheepishly but still could see nothing that resembled grub. Little Goofus, at this point be- came ii ritated at the thought of hav- ing walked so far and being left holding the sack. His passion rose to fuch a degree of Fahrenheit that he grabbed Bedbug by the shoulder and said, See here, I came here to eat, r.nd if you don ' t get me something to cat immediately, I ' ll take it out of your skin. Take it out of the skin you are standing on, said Bedbug, Watch me. Saying this, he pushed his beak way down into the mountain and his sides began moving like a pair c f bellows. Little Goofus watched with amazement at the performance of his friend. Bedbug finally pulled his beak out of the mountain with a smile on his face like a jackass cutting a wisdom tooth. He said, See Goofus, how it is done, now you try it. But 1 haven ' t any beak, said Goofus. Just bite into it, said Bedbug. Little G-iofus got down on his knees and took a bit bite. The great mountain began to roll over. Bedbug screamed. Little Goofus grabbed a hair and held on for ( ' ear life. Everything turned black. Say, what in the hell are you bit- ing me for, said Little Goofus ' room- mate as he socked him in the jaw. Little Goofus got up and went to breakfast. He didn ' t tell his dream to anyone, and even to this day no 1 one knows about it. 3 i e