Potter School - Shield Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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THE POTTER SHIELD MAKING FRIENDS WITH A SQUIRREL ' O , .1 , 1 Wqs in the country I saw a little squirrel. He was very cute. I me xx men ame rett close to me. hid in the grass for an hour. He was very mme- He C p y The next time he came I had a lot of acorns for him. He ate them out Of my hand Then when I went home he was in back of me. He followed me into a cage- lilie ql001' of the cage shut and the squirrel and I were in the cage. I got Out and Went to see my mother to tell her about him. But when I came back he was not Ehere. After a little while I found a little hole In the ground. I said to myse , It is the hole that he went through. Just then, on the other side' of the fence, the ground was moving. I got a little bit scared, but out popped a little head. It was the mother to have the gardner make a squirrel-cage. She said, If the gardner has time you may have him make you a cage. The next week we were working on the cage. We bought some wire netting for the sides and an Iron plate for the floor. It was a wonderful cage when it was finished. We put the squirrel in there and he lived for three years. Then he died. All the people on the place cried. We made a little coffin for him. We shall never forget the squirrel. , C- R- MCC- KEEPING RABBITS - I am making a trap to catch rabbits. Yesterday I caught three little rabbits. I made a little cage for them. Their names are Bill, Mike and Pussy. When I caught them I was behind a bush. I heard a little noise and I turned around and there were two little rabbits in my trap. When I had put the two in the house I hid behind the same bush. I heard another noise and there was another little rabbit in my trap. But when I went to get him I saw a tramp coming down the road. He turned around to see if anybody was coming. Then he began to chase me and I didn't get my rabbit. When he turned around I sawehe had 392 on his back. So I went down to the guard house and told them that there was a prisoner in the trees. They sent a lotof soldiers up and caught him. I went back to my little rabbit and took him home with the others. I I still have them in my back yard. My father said I could keep them until they grew up. Today I am going to catch some more. I think I shall sell some of them- J. o. D. MY TRIP TO THE' YOSEMITE ti . Itstiged Early 0119 Monday morning in March. We went on the Santa Fe Iain o erce .We arrived at Merced about one o'clock.and had our lunch at Fred Harvey s eating house. From there we took the Y. V. to El Portal. On' our way to El Portal we saw a lot f ' ' ' thousand feet deep. houri lay the Eiiagie of Mr. Cell drove us into the valley, which was about an three thousanrciflfleet h'O1hta1.ItAS We drove Into the Valley Wei Saw a rock that is lg - s name ' El C 't , ' -0. largest rocks in the world. IS apl an It IS one of the hlehest and o Interesting things. One of these wasa cave a F orty-eight ' 'Nl 1,1 Lf Tyr' 1 ,H-1 I-, ' Wall? 1 by .- V2 XJ . it. I .qv . ,M iw l gd KC, I HL. I L V , ht-,E lj. I rr I - - wb.. 1, I LIIQC 3' ' I Q51 ii Fwy 'i I Zn' ,Jil ipfifidipg L. 1. '1 'lin iff ' A V Pali. lu- v . ., vt,-57?- J glzznmff ' 0. 'T 'r ri If ' , 4 4 . 'I X4 AP

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