Princeton Day School - Link Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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There once was a serious- minded Bruin. He lived in a house of hockey sticks just out- side a garden. Every night he would walk slowly through his garden, examining carefully each detail of every individual as he came to it. His only guide to the path he took through the garden was the North Star. And when he reached it he turned around and walked back toward his dwelling. Moral: Only you can prevent forest fires, especially in a garden. 1 4 I Deebs Young 11

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, said the nightingale. And she was grey, but the walls around her were roses. She took the roses off the walls, peeling the paper in circles of three inches and in rows of seven across. From all the world, the people came to watch the nightingale peel in rows of seven. They sat in every other chair and whispered. An owl came up to the nightingale. He was eating fiddle-faddle, and wearing funny glasses. Pardon, Madame, he said. May I inquire as to the nature of your venture? Why no, smiled the nightingale. And so the owl receded. A tufted tit-mouse scattered into the chamber. l think, he said, that you are a re- pressed sparrow caught up, threatened, stifled by an atavistic wallpaper rite. You shouldn't let roses tell you what to do. You should be out singing to the sun and the moon, you should learn to hear all that the trees say to the sky .... The nightingale looked at him and peeled without interruption. A man walked into the room and the birds all pretended that they were statues. My, said the man. This nightingale has the herringbone stripe. And evidently, he added, has nothing much to do. The nightingale got up and flew away. Moral: If the shoe fits, fly. Rebecca Bushnell 'GI mm r

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The king of the tank was an extremely versatile guppy. I-Ie was Well-vers ed in ecological relationships, the art of schooling and fish-participation, and his particular aim was to make the fish think they had no glass Walls surrounding them. Consequent- ly, any fish who happened to bump into the Wall--perhaps as an early sign of revolt-- had to appear before a special committee where he would usually he assigned to help- ing clean out the filters. The guppy was also in charge of a special team that special- ized in ramming teams from other tanks. They never Won any of the games but the usual excuse Was that too fevv fish could never muddy the Waters enough to make it sufficiently difficult for the pursuit. He also supported the no-tuxes at feeding time and any length tails. He was especially happy with the female in charge of socials for the service of the tank and promoted her activities Whole-heartedly. All in all, the master guppy took good care of his community. Lew Bowers