Oak Grove Coburn High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Vassalboro, ME)

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.AK AV AS IT CHANCFD Agaln and agaln I had seen mx best lald plans tall to matellallfe One dax, xxhen an antlelpated garden paltx had been spolled bx a sudden shoxvel, I condemned the entlle unlx 61 se and longed IN mx selfish healt tor fl land ot chance, xx hele nothlnff was planned 01 sx stematlc I sat doxxn on the D01 ch and Qaxe mx sell up to slnlstel l llllnqs asgalnst tate In the H'1ld9t ot my selllsh HIIIOIHQN I xx as staltled bx a stlanee flg.,LlIC th xt Came Ntldlght toxxard me Mx exes fflexx enolmous fs the axxtul ereatule apploached Prom the top ot hls squale bald held to the tlps ot hls axxkxx ald feet he xx as the most Q'IOt8NQIlP CIL1ltLlIQ that anx IIILLIIJEIYICLFEE ex Cl plctuled One of hls ex es xx as set IH hls tolehead, xx hlle the otllel Stdltlfl It me tlom hls shoulder, and ex GIX teatule xx as h1ClCOLlSlx Qlotesque He came stralqht to me, stoppcd sufldenlx, stepped to one slde and made a queer backxxald boxx xx hlle I xx as pe tllflefl xx lth teal Ale xou the xxltked Qlll xxho lonfzs IOI the Land ol Lhan demanded, IH QUQQI me talllt tones I dld not dare to denx It I ould not admlt It Folloxx me It once ht O1fl9I6Kl and xou xxlll soon bt ln a IIIIIX else xx hele nothlniz IS sx stematlt 01 llflllldl I had no 1HtOIltlUIl xx lldttxill ot tolloxxlne thls axxtul eleatule and wh Pled Plper had plax ed poxx elless to 1981 t hls stlange rnaelt lhe path he took xxas one I had nex G1 seen betole and ln mx tllghtene d bexxlldelment, I tolloxx ed almost bllndlx tt H1 st As vxe passed beneath an 31 bO1, I HOt1C8Cl a qlapexlre but on It were lsuge cocoanuts I looked CIl11OUSly tt the next plant onlxf to find the lose bushes beallnv stlange xx hlte globes, xx hlth I soon Cl1qLOXG16Cl xx ele onlons As we approached an 01Cl'1111d I to' nd the apple t1Q9S xx ele laden xx lth sun flowels, although It xx as halxest tlme I tound chellles groxxlng xx here Cabbaqes should haxe been, and IH the CIINIAHCG xx ele plne tlees, thell 100tS at the top As I gazed IH speechless VxOI'1ClG1 mx QLIQQI Q,'IllCl9 lntormed me that the xlnee nex er bole the slme Iltllt ln txxo consecutlxe seasons IH the Land ot Chance As xxe pl oeeeded he DOIIIAIQCI to a QIOLID ot Q1 uesome anlmals The chlekens xxere ox elbuldened xx lth 61101 mous hoots W hat I1l1QlIt haxe been holses had Cruel, lone holns, coats llke sheep and a Qalt somethlng llke L labblt One ot the most pltltul slahts xx as a poor coxx xxho xx as tlxlng to tlx All the anlmals xx Q1 e p lthetleallx l'1lCl'0IlS I had notlcetl th It the Slllllltlllt xx as ldplfllx dlmmlnu but I xx as not plepared to be plunged 1Ht0 pltthx d xlkness xx lthout a moment s xx 31 nlng, md I was too tCI1lflQCl to bl eathe untll mx stlansge Qtllfle explalned th lt the sun V913 otten Cl1S1l.DD61:118Cl IO1 houl s and sometlmee days xx 1tl'10Llt the least H111 nlng Hls XOICC xx as klnd and ln the CldlliI1CSS that Chdllt xblx l'1lCl hls axxtul appearance, I dld not QLIIIIQI as much as xx hen It xxas llght 13 0 1 L ll ll S A I . I I I A V -v ,LN . I A1 if . I -I .rA D 1 v v ' ' 1 1 . 1 1 , A 1 ' 1 1 7 ' v - ' V 1 1 1 ' -11 v 4 1 4' v v1 ' '1 1' ' 1 1 vt I I 1 r . 'S l I I kv ilu sv. 1x1 vr A L1 I1 fu v L1 11 ' ,1 1 2 A1 11 I 1 v 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 , ' ' 1 1 1 1 vc 1 1 1 14 1 1 4 1 I 1 K 1 1 I 1 1 ' y 1 11 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 1 I 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . ' 1 ' 1 . , . . ., , e . . 1 . 1 I s 1 v I 4 1 v 1 I 1 - 1 '1 1 ' 1 11 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 ' 1, , 1' ' 1' ' 1 ' ' A ' K Q ' ' f ' I - ce? e I I n A 1 . 5 1 U 1 1K 1 'I 3 1 - H1 1 1' 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 11 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 11 1 1 ' 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 V' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' -1 1 1 1 1 , . , , wholly agalnst my xx'lll I tound myselt, llke the Cll1lilI'CH betore whom the ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .11 ' 1 1 11 - 1 1 1 -' 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' 1' X 1' 1 ll Y . V K n M C 1 1 v 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 K v' ' 3 . . X 1 1 1 1' 1 y I v 1 1 A 1 , 1. 1. C 1 .V 1 ' , 11. 1 1 1 1 . 1 v . , '1 . 3 v fn v 1 I v C I 1 s 4 I 'A L 1 Lx 7 ' V- K1 1 ' 11 1 1 1 1 ' Y 1 1' 1' 1 f v . ' 1 1 v 1 . fn 11 I u 1 v 1' 1 V 1 1 14 '11 ' ' 1 1 1, ' v 1 ' ' v 1 ' - 1 I A I . . ' 1' I I ' ' 1 I. 11, I .' -1 . I c 'e' I , ' ' , I ' ' ,I ,1 1 v1 W C v v vl 1 1 v. 1 1 . I 2 E L1 .xx vc V1 11 . VY ' . -' '4 A 2 v1 x1 1 1' ' 1 1 1 ' -v A1 -1 A L - ' A' ' 1 2 x 1 11 1 ' ' 11 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 v 'I 1' x , , ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' v1 1 ' L 1 1 . 1 .

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C, K LLANEN II e moped along 1n the da1knes 1nd flnallx 1eached the abode of one h had told me vxas h1s IIIQIICI Ju t 1s xxe IQICl'l9Cl the doo1 the sun leap pealed The IIFIQIICI mo1c motcsquc th1n n1x fLllflL Qleeted us xx1th such s1ncc1e hosp1t1l1tx th1tt11ed 1nd IIUIIIIIX IN I xx 18 I d1d not ob1eft to stop plng a11d d1n1ng xxlth hlm Vle had no table and the tood vxas se1xed on mbbage leaxes 1nstead of pl xtes A b11ghtlx cololed desert that looked IIQIICIOLIQ xx as se1xed T11 st but I tound It tasteless I hoped to be bette1 sat1s f1cd xx1th mv soup but found It xx IS thlckencd xxlth Cl icked lco Mx host IIOIILCCI mx COIIILISIOII as thc stl inge me tl DIOLISNSGKI 1nd xpologetlcallx 1nfo1med me that he nex G1 knexx hoxx anx lood xxould taste xx hen It xx as cooked Ol exen xxhethe1 the file xxould lJLI1l'l fO1 IH the Lind of Chance ex QIXOHQ must take thlnsrs 1ust as thex come HllHg1X t11ed and S1Ck at hea1t I bu1 st 1nto tears onlx to be tfutled bx 1 d1eadtul Crash I 1 used mx he td expectlnsx to see thc IIULLI xx ills topple ox L1 about me but found lnstcad that I xx as Ill mx oxxn Comtoltable su11 pa1lo1 and that the book I had been IEACIIHQ h 1d tallen to the flool The shoxx QI xx as past, the sun vxas bGg'1Hll1I'lg to sn11le tlIlOLlQl'l the th1nn1nq clouds and I 1umped up 1oxousl3 to shake off the hldeous dl ean1 and to be glad that I alxx IX s COIIILICIG xx 1th mx xx1shes R W WITH ALADDIIN S LANIP If I had AlE1ClKlllIQ lan1p I should make one eage1 xx1sl1 p1 ompted bx a lo11g111g that has been st111111g Ill mx healt as long as I can 16I1IQl'1llJ91 It has bee11 a sxxeet clea1 call commg to me f1on1 fal axx ax and long ago a11d I should a11sxxe1 It Jox ouslx 1f I could possess that n1a1xelous lamp Tap tap tap on mx lamp a11d I xx ould be o11 a n1a1est1c steame1 plx1ng mx xx ax ac1oss the blue xx ax es of the gleat Atldlltlt Hllfl 1ega1dless of the IILSUIIHUOII ot a11x otl1e1 D3SS6llg'8l'i mv lamp xx ould mst steel the sl11p to N01 xx ax xx l1e1e mx hea1t xx ould leap as I saxx thc hllls a11d fJo1 ds that IISI about SDlt7lO6lgQII I would go l1e1e because It IS tl1e la11d xx l1e1e mx g1eat sg1a11dfathe1 xxas bo1n plax ed xxo1ked and d1ed because all 1ts Iuggbfl bc autx keeps Liilllllg tc mc a11d because I xx ant to see the places mv 'IIICLS to1 s loxcd W olfgang xxas a lad xx1tl1 a l0X1I1g Qplllt He lox cd to Lllfllll thc hllls a11d scale tl1e 1ocks lJ63lCl6 tl1e f1o1ds and then ILIYI along the paths among the tall gIaSS One day 111 ea1 lx spung, the call of tl1e f101d xx as too su ong, f01 tlllQ g1eat g1andfathe1 to 1es1st He secletlx p1epa1ed a SIllJS'E2iIItl'1l box1sh lunch and sta1 ted fc1tl1 xxlth l11s dex oted dog EIIC xxho xxas III thc same mood as hls xoung maste1 The txxo happx LOINDHIIIOIIS 1accd along, tl1e bax exultmg III youth Eillil fl68flOI'Yl but exe11 xxl1e11 1u1111111g axx 1x IIQQNIOIIQ haxe to be made a11d xx l1e11 out of s1gl1t of lI1S home hc pxused fm 1 moment xx h1le F110 bounded about l11m I4 X 41 1 4 -1 . . Y 4 I w f 1 ' C U A 1 S c K' e f . s ' . s ap' ' ' z ' 5 ' - 7 1 ' l Y 'x K ' an 1 Z l' 1, A 1 K 1 A . S Q 2. z ' a K as '11, U J 5 - 12 Y A1 D T 2 . 1. v 1 1 'I 'I . . ' 'as as 'z 1 ' . 1 1 j ' -1 1. 'Q 1 ' 2 z 1 ' I 1 7 1 ' r f 1 f ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 , A cl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' . , , . I 'V ' ' . . Y 1 V ' fl 1. 1. ' 1, ' 1 ' 1, ' - y C A C az lx I VY 2 Inv . K 51 I jx 1 vi .1 wha ' 3. 1 11 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 4 1 1 9 - C 11 1 l I .4 1 1 '1 v 1 Y Ac . c I '47 . 1 1' ' ky K l I v Y ' 1 - 1 I 1 1 1 5 ' was 1n a xx'ell-ordered un1x'e1'se, even though 1ts great plannlng d1d not 6 YZ Mvlv D r. 7. 7 V-kv I . . 1, 1 1 ' 7 f 1 1 1' 1 v . , . , U 1 1 -1 , , . 1 1 Y V ' ' 1 . 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 Y s , y ' ' K 1 1 Y 7 1 ' 1, 1 K, 1 K 1 1 K 1 1 1 1, - 1 ks J ,A1 ' ' ' ty 1 SA1 1k, t f v -S L1 - L ' A' 1 1 1, 1 1 -1 1 1 . . K1 L 1 1 1 ' A' ' ' Q ji ' 1 v 1 ax . I 1 I 7 ' 7 ' - 4 1 ' 1 , , 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 . Y ' 9 V 1 Y ' 5, 1 L1 , ' 3' ,, 1 A 1: X I I a -1 A .V I . gi- , 'I' I X 1 1 1, 1' 1 1' ' .' , 1 , . ' , ' K. L a 1 1 K D V A ' K , . ' 1 1 1' T 1 ' 1 1 K ' ' r ' K ' - ' ' 1 1. 1 . L 4 EY ' 1 f 1 ' 1 1 1 1' ' 1 1' . 1 1 ' 1 UI 1 I 1 ' f L y 1 ' ,, '1 1 1 . , 1 1 1 . ' 1 11 .1 1 r I s U L 1 . ' 7 ' ' . v v 1 I va v ' t', 1 C .1 . K V , 1 4. K1 , 2 A11 . 1 ' ' , 1 ' .