Our Lady of Mercy High School - Mercedes Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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-if If you re too grown up zf you 'ue never seen a fairy if you don r Izelzeve rrmmal: talk then you 'won t enjoy JANIE Sus 'ms Blzsrssr Gnu. Bv- ,fzzmc Sue the Easiest Gzrl. . . H H H H yroyryn just what I wanted exclaimed Janie Sue wide eyed with excite ment as she clutched the furry little toy bunnv close to her eight year old heart Hes so beautiful Ill Just love him all to death May I please take him to bed with me I promise I won t squash him YVell Iguess so dear smiled Mrs Allen janie Sues mother And now I think its time for you to be in bed Come along dear And so according to the usual procedure jinie Sue was snugly tucked 1n her little white bed wi n her new white bunny there to await the arrival of the sand man Mommy softly closed the door and now all was quiet Gnlght l1ttle bunny Ill see you 1n the ress Scarcely had the words fallen off Janie Sue s lips when two pink ears perked up over the sheet and a saucy cotton tail began to twitch Before I say good night Janie Sue I d like to know if you re really as pleased with me as you sayf vou are Lp sat janie Sue with a start now very much awake Could it be oh no she must be dreaming and yet it sounded as if Bunny was actually talking With that Bunny hopped out onto the blanket X es it was true Bunny had talked Bunny had hopped Bunny was alwe' 'Needless to say Janie Sue was astonished Her first impulse was to call Mommle but no she d wait and let Bunny do the talking Whats the matter Janie Sue dont you like me Aren t vou going to answer my ques tions For the first time in her eight years Janie Sue was speechless All she could do was nod By Patrzcza Hoy 46 her head and stare completely amazed at w hat she beheld She rubbed her eyes once twice and even a third time Yes she was awake it was true She had a talking bunny I can see by your eyes Janie Sue that you reallv do like me and Im very glad began Bunny You see they told me that you were a very good l1ttle girl but I guess I lust had to find out for myself For the first time since this amazing event started to happen Janie Sue found her voice Who whos they she questioned still quite breathless Oh Princess Dew Drop the fairv of good ness and Prince Twinkle Toes the elfin of happiness answered the furry l1ttle animal and they were so pleased with your conduct that they wanted to give vou a very very speclal reward They called a conference and thought and thought and thought Finally Dew Drop suggested a little toy plavmate for you in the form of an animal and then Twinkle Toes thought of the idea of making the tov talk and walk So to make it eyctra special they added that the toy was to speak only to vou so that vou d have a very special secret all vour own shared only by the fairies the ely es and you and me So Twinkle Toes gathered to gether his elfin workers and under his and Dew Drops direction thev made me all for vou So here I am There now what do you think of that: Oh Bunny Im not lust dreaming and it IS true cried the ecstatic Janie Sue Im so happy and grateful to Dew Drop and Tw mkle Toes Isn t it w onderfull It s just too good to be true' W ell I m glad that you re pleased any yy av Janie Sue And Im sure that Dew Drop and 19 , . , . . , 7 I ' If If ' I . . , 7 . ' , y 71 Y , ' ' ' I I I , , , M 1 ' I ' N ' 1 i ' , - a 5 U Y . ' v ' . . ' as i. ' D 7 ' ' N ' 7 , , 77 . r u , ' 7 ' 77 GC . . , 66 77 ' ' ' ' 7 7 7 ' 7 ' 7 GS ' ' 7 77 . , . , . , ' ' ' ' cz , 1 as ' 4 . - . , g 75: - - . . L , , ' , cc ' ' - , I , , ' - I .. , N , . . , . . ,, R . . , , . , . morning, sighed the curly headed little mist- You see, you've been such a good little girl I i . , . , v H . . , .. . i ' 9 1 , - . 77 ' ' Y ' ' 1 - T n 'r . , . . , 1 n n n u , 'Y 1 e . . . , V . v l , . . S Y K 9 ,I - ' , ,. I i , . . , y , . . v . . , -7 T ' ' ' 77 1. , . . . Y . U , . . . 7 7 7 1 ' ' - 77 ' ' ' ac a ' 7 7 SC 7 ' 7 7 7 7 7 , , Q . F , . Y V - Q 1 , . V , . ' ,:77 U u 77 . . . y . M , , , V V , 1 a 9 , ' . 1 v V- 1 A I

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She Hoated down the aisle xvith ease And blushed when seeing you And you marched proudly forward now, As all grooms always do Together then x ou go to be Mated in true martial style as one You know perfect happiness too And then the horrors come Something cuts right throu h your home And carries you away A huge sllver bird it seems Wants you for its prex Away, away, you go and then, You realize with pam That never your princess so dear Will you see agam Axxay away it carrles you Xou fight but why you think Never more will yoxs be Vours You re doomed and all hopes sink Would you not fight and hate this world And loin forces xx hen you meet With brother gremhns who had had A similar defeat I Please page 5 7 j Dawn on the Cflllf LGU CAN RIDE oU XVAS DESOLATE' She tried desperately to get her mind back to Caesar but she couldn t keep from th1nk1ng about the JUHIOI' Prom and well ex erx thing For a long time now shed liked Steve an axx ful lot but Steve lust xxouldnt treat her like a girl To h1m she was just the same little tomboy whom he had shoved around since she was 1n fourth grade and he went everywhere with Joan Oh well her horse Ch1ef still l1ked her even 1f that cute little chestnut mare IH the next stall did run her a close second Tomor row would be a good day to drown her troub les wh1le she was r1d1ng At the stables whom should she meet but Steve and joan Why Joan I never knew you could ride she said surprised Well I can t really but Steve IS going to teach me Isnt that lust perfectly super of him? xx as her answer So Lou watched joan cut in on the only thing that she really shared 18 By Amze Le1mo1z, 47 xv1th Steve alone and then xx ent forlornly home As lt was her custom to take a Sunday morn 1ng ride Lou usually went to the seven o clock Mass 1n order to have a good start on people xx ho rode the rented horses on the trails She xvas surprlsed vxhen she saw Steve there and even more so when he fell 1nto step with her on the wav home Why Steve arent you tlred after being up so late last night? she asked Well no reallx what I mean is that I dldn t stay very long last night because -Ioan xx as so stiff from riding yesterday that she could hardly dance Are are you gomg r1d mg: Sure don t you remember: I always do on Sunday morning Well lt s awfully nice down by the park a Would you a mmd 1f I rode along w1th you: Oh no' Id love it' She said to herself Isn t life wonderful? 7 ,Y Y 7 7 ' . . , . . ' 7 , 7 7 1 4 , . . . U . D . . , . . Q I I 7 4 , 1 , . l O 1 n u Q Y 7 D 1 . . ' , ' 7 . , . , y ' Y Q v . 7 . 7 ' x N . . Now he was captain of the basketball team -A , 1 - - , 1 1 , 1 , ' 77 , 1 9 . 1 i I 9 an , ' . . . , , I . . . . , . . . . i . H 7 cc 1 , . ' ' 71 ll ' 77 I 7 7 1 . . at ' 1 ' 8 , . , a Q n CL 7 ' ' - - - 7 , 7 , , 77 ' in , . u - ' 7 ' lu ' 1 ' ' K4 7 ' 77

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Twmkle Toes are happy to know that the1r project was a success And now I thmk lt s time the sand man came or you won t be able to play tomorrow We ve got a bxg day ahead of us weve got to meet your two benefac tors So the sand man d1d come and the two play mates finally d1d drop off to sleep whlle v1s 1ons of sugar plums danced 1n thelr heads The next day Janie Sue d1d meet the elves and the fa11'1CS and oh such fun she had For hours on end she laughed and romped wxth the fames and elves and believe If or not they had just as much fun playmg wlth the best est llttle g1rl as she d1d w1th them Dew Drop and Twmkle Toes saw that whatever she wanted was granted because they wanted this good httle g1rl to be yust as happy as any elght year old l1ttle g1rl can be Every day for a whole week JSHIC Sue and her loyal Bunny kept their rendevous ln the glen by the brook near the hollow oak w1th Dew Drop and her fames and Twmkle Toes and h1s elves Even after the games and fun were over at the brook Janxe Sue st1ll had Bunny to talk to and play wlth Yes everythmg was just per ect But then one day a very serlous thmg hap pened Janle Sue dlsobeyed Mommy Yes she even stamped her foot sald no and ran out of the house Oh shame on jame Sue She grabbed Bunny and started off toward the glen heedless of the fact that as soon as she had sald no a dark cloud had rolled over the sun By the tlme she reached the glen xt was very very dark The brook seemed to be rushmg angr1ly past her not at all l1ke the laughmg brook she had had such fun play1ng near And another thmg call as she may Dew Drop or Twmkle Toes dldnt answer And even her own dear Bunny Wouldn t speak to her She shook h1m and shook but no response Suddenlv great ram drops began to fall And the faster Janne Sue ran the harder the ram 20 fell Clutchmg the mute Bunnv she practxcally flew through the woods but the faster she ran, the more branches seemed to be pullmg her back and catchmg her clothes The stones along the path dug mto her feet and sharp twlgs scratched her legs Oh what had she done? Were those frightful figures the wood W1tChCS whlch Dew Drop and Twmkle Toes had warned her about or were they lust the shadows m the ram? Suddenly .lame Sue be came panic strlcken Oh how fr1ghtened she was' She tr1ed to run faster but her feet just wouldn t obey Suddenly she trlpped and fell Just as a startlmg flash of llghtnlng streaked grotesquely across the sky Now thoroughly fr1ghtened Janne Sue be gan to cry She sobbed and sobbed Oh how sorry she was Never agam would she dlsobev Mommy Just as she thought her heart would break from sorrow and that she would die of frlght she heard a fam1l1ar voxce one she hadnt heard for a long t1me It was Bunny Yes loyal Bunny hadn t deserted her Are you really sorry Jame Sue? answered jame Sue between sobs Well then I guess we can forgxve you thls txme concluded Bunny But lf lt ever hap pens agam Oh xt won t It vson t assured Janle Sue I promlse All rlght I guess Ill stav But now the storm s over and I thmk we d better get home before Mommle starts supper On the way home the sun came out and jame Sue just couldn t get home fast enough to tell Mommle how very sorry she was That nxght after Mommle had lov1nglV tucked ,lame Sue and her reconciled playmate m bed and turned out the llght Bunnv told Janle Sue that as long as she stayed good the goodness and the happmess of the elves and the fames were hers and because she was s ery sorrv she was stlll the bestest glrl ' 1 . . . , 1 1 . , . 1 ' - . . , . 1 77 - . . , . . U . . . . 0 J u I 0 0 I , J I . l 1 ' ' 1 . . . . . , . . . . . U . . . . ,, . . . . . . , - . . , ' , 1 . . . . 7 l . u l O I 1 1 , . Q 0 . . . , , . , cc - 17 , . ll 99 . . Oh, yes, yes, Bunny, more than I can say, , . . . . - ' 1 ' an ' ' 7 , ' f , . U . . . . , . 9 ' 11 ' ' ' 44 ' 1 ' y 1 17 ' ' U 77 1 1 1 1 I LC ' 77 ' 7 ' 44 ' 1 , I . 1 ' 1 ' 7, u 77 . , . 1 1 I . . , , . 1 1 . . , . . , . 1 5 . . . 7 ' - - ' cc 97 ' 1 ' . 1 '