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

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OAK LEAVES 1945 THE OLD SHOES The old shoes lay On the dusty floor, And they knew that they Would be worn no more, For their tongues were parched And their heels were sore. Then they heard a noise From the great outside Far away, The Boys! We had better hide- They will kick our leather To bits ! they cried. The boys came in Picked them up, and rang And they hung the shoes On a grey sedan, And in the car, Were a girl and a man. Then the shoes were pleased, for they knew they were to bring good luck on a wedding day. J. ALLFREY, '48. SUNSET IN THE ALPS The boy glanced at the sky and then whistled. From all sides goats came running up and butted him playfully. He laughed and pushed them awayg then he turned and ran down the narrow mountain path which led to the village. As he rounded a curve in the path he stopped in breathless Wonder. The snowcapped mountains which surrounded him on all sides seemed to be burning with some unseen tire-glorious, beautiful. Far below him in the valley the roofs of the village were gleaming in the last rays of the sun. Somewhere high above him an eagle screamed and flew back to its nest. Even the goats were still, realizing perhaps for the first time, the beauty of the world they lived in. The flaming red changed to rose and then slowly faded away as the wind among the Iirs echoed its immortal music. The last sunset colors disap- peared from the sky. The boy walked very slowly down the winding path to the village. ' SHIRLEY BROWN, '49. 30

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OAK LEAVES 1945 Mil A CANDIDATE FOR MADISON SQUARE THE WILD STALLION There he stood, ears extending, Eyes ablaze and nostrils trembling- if A coal black stallion, with flowing mane, A horse that never could be tame. Impatiently he pawed the ground And started at the slightest sound. According to the custom old, He fought, his bunch of mares to hold, And through all the whole prairie, There was none as good as he. In later years, when he has gone, His story shall live on and on. PHYLL REX Rex was once a dog with might, Who, when younger knew how to fight. He was a dog with a carefree mind, And did as he pleased all of the time. When Rex could be seen coming, All the little dogs would begin running. 29 IS HARPER, '48 A. SEWALL, '48

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