Riverbend School for Girls - Vox Fluminis Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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sprang out through the window, the wolf tried to follow but stuck fast. The farmer killed the wolf and that was the end of the greedy wolf. CAROL ANNE FIELDS, Gr. II, Garry House. 'A' FLAME AND FLASH An ocelot is an animal spotted like a leopard, but much smaller and they are usually called leopard cats. Flame and Flash were brother oce- lots, Flame got his name because he could leap as fast as flame, and Flash got his name because he was as fast as lightning. Lions are the enemies of the ocelots and one day Flame was walking along with his mother when they came upon a lion attacking Flash. Flame joined in the fight and after Flash gave up, con- tinued to fight until the lion ran away. One day Flame saw the same lion he had fought with and he crouched on the limb of a tree so that he could spring upon the lion as he passed beneath. Just as he sprung, a second lion came along so Flame had to fight two lions. Then Flash came along and saw them fighting. He remembered that Flame had saved him from a lion so he joined in the fight. The fight ended, and the two lions, nearly dead, crawled slowly away. Flash had saved Flame's life. J OANNE WILSON, Gr. IV, York House. 'lr MAY TULIP'S ADVENTURE May was a bulb when she was little but after she had been tucked into the ground she grew into a beautiful tulip. The next thing she knew she was pulled out of the ground, the beautiful flower was cut off, and she and a lot of her friends were packed into a box and sold. After a long boat trip, May and her friends arrived in Winnipeg. A little girl bought May and planted her in the ground in her garden: In the early spring, May was a beau- tiful flower again and soon all around her other beautiful flowers grew up. There was Rosa the rose, Penny the petunia, Daisy the daffodil and Garlot the gardenia. They became great friends. May told them all about her voyage from Holland, and they told her all about their lives. One day, a beautiful butterfly flew among them. She said she was a fairy and asked them to the Fairy Palace. The fairies were having a meeting when they arrived, and they were told by the fairy queen that a lot of fairies were dying, because little children were saying that they did not believe in fairies. Every time a child said this a little fairy died. How could they save the fairies? They did not know what to do. Sud- denly May had an idea. Why don't we tell the children? Soon all the flowers were telling the children about the fairies and because the children again believed in fairies, no fairies died. The Fairy Queen again sent for the flowers, and granted each a wish. They all wished to be able to visit the fairies. JOANNE WILSON, Gr. IV, York House. 'A' MY TRIP TO ENGLAND AND WALES During the summer of 1949 I visited England and Wales. I sailed from Que- bec on the Franconia, and nearly two weeks later arrived at Liverpool, where my cousin met me. He took me to his home in Cardiff, Wales, where I met my Great Aunt and Great Uncle. Cardiff is the capital city of Wales and is noted for its fine buildings and lovely parks. Here, I visited Cardiff Castle, once the home of the Marquis of Bute. It was a lovely carved floor and a high golden roof. In front of this old castle is the draw bridge but the moat around the castle has been drain- ed and is now covered with grass. Page Twenty-nine

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LITER RY THE MISCHIEVOUS MONKEY Once there was a monkey who lived in the top of a big tree and cracked nuts all day long. He bothered the little squirrel who lived in the trunk of the tree by drop- ping the nut shells in front of its door. This made the little squirrel very angry and he called up to the monkey, he said, Do not drop those nut shells in front of my door. The monkey just laughed and said, Why don't you sweep them up. Now this made the squirrel very angry and he chattered up at the monkey. One day the squirrel went to tell his friends about his troubles and while he was away the monkey came down the tree, put his hand into the squirrels home, brought out all the nuts he found there, and ran back up to the top of the tree to eat them. When the squirrel came home it did not take him long to find that all of his nuts were gone and it did not take him long to guess who had taken them. This time he called up to the monkey, he said, How dare you steal my nuts. The monkey just chuckled to himself and said, Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me. This gave the squirrel an idea. Next day he gathered all the shells the monkey had dropped. Then the mon- key dropped some more saying, Here are some more Mr. Squirrel. This would have bothered the poor little squirrel very much but he was too busy then to even hear him. Next he went to the pine trees and got some resin, then he wrapped it up in a leaf and took it home. He went to the brook and got a lot of little stones and took them home. It took him three days to get ready. He put the cracked shells together with a stone in between them, and stuck them together with the resin. On the third day, everything was ready, and the squirrel went away, but came back quietly to the next tree to watch. ' The monkey came down the tree, put his hand into the squirrels house, and brought out all the nuts. Then he went up to the top of the tree and began to crack them. Crack went two of his front teeth, then he tried another, and another, and crack went four more of his teeth. He was dancing with pain. The nuts in this tree are too stale he said so he went away and left the tree to the squirrel. JOHN BRACKEN, Gr. II, Garry House. 'A' THE GREEDY WOLF A fox and a wolf lived together. The wolf was hungry and he asked the fox if he knew where there was some meat. Yes I know said the fox. In the farmer's cellar, I'll get some for you. No said thewolf, I'll go too. Soon they came to the farmer's cellar and saw there a big tub full of meat. The hungry wolf began to eat without stopping, but the fox only ate a little before he jumped back out of the win- dow, then he came back, ate a little more, and did the same thing again. The wolf saw him doing this and said, why are you doing that and the fox said, To see if I can still get out through the window. How silly you are said the wolf who just kept on eating as fast as he could. Now the farmer had heard a noise in his cellar and came down the steps to see what was the matter. The fox Page Twenty-eight

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When I went home that day I sat in a seat on top of the bus and the con- ductor came for my ticket. The tickets were very odd, they are just like pieces of paper, and the conductor punched a hole in it and gave it back to me. I stayed in Cardiff two months, and then visited Dover, Folkstone, Bright- on, and London. While in London, I visited the Tower of London, and saw the Crown Jewels, and the place where they chopped off people's heads many years ago. There are two very old churches in the Tower of London. I also saw the changing of the Horse Guards. In October I went back to Cardiff to say good-bye to my Great Aunt and Great Uncle and my cousin before re- turning to Canada. When we were sailing up the St. Lawrence River I saw four whales. CAROL HAYMAN, Gr. IV, Douglas House. 'ir THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER Once upon a time there lived a little boy who had no father. When he went outside to play butterflies would make a crown around his head and follow him. , After he had grown up a terrible war broke out and he wanted to be a soldier. Finally his mother consented, and later, she went to the train with him to see him off. She asked him to write her often and he said he would, and just before the train left, the butter- flies again made a crown around his head. He told his mother that he would be back as soon as he could. His mother wrote to him often but not one letter did she receive from him. She worried about him, and then she remembered that he had said he would be back as soon as he could. One day, at a Remembrance Day Service, the minister said that there was a soldier found dead on the battle- field but none of the soldiers knew his name. As the minister spoke, the butterflies came in through the church window, and made a wreath in the air. The mother knew then that the Un- known Soldier was her son, and after that, whenever she was lonely, the butterflies came. SANDRA JEAN SERVICE, Gr. IV, Douglas House. 'k SOUTH AMERICAN CHRISTMAS I was so happy and excited when I heard I was going home for Christmas. I met Daddy at Montreal, and then Grandma, Daddy, and I went on to New York from where Daddy and I took the plane for Georgetown. The flight took many hours and we arrived at Georgetown a few hours late. As soon as we had passed through the customs, we went sixty-five miles up the river to our home at MacKenzie. The next day Virginia stayed home from school. We played under the house in the morning, and in the after- noon mother took us swimming in the swimming pool across the road from our house. On Christmas, we had a Christmas tree. It was a cherry tree sprayed with aluminum. There was a concert at which we all wore fairy costumes, fol- lowed by a big dinner. Virginia's birthday came in January, and we went for a boat ride on the river. When we came back, we had a party with balloons on bamboo sticks. Soon it was time to leave MacKenzie and return to Georgetown. Here, I visited the museum where I saw alli- gators, electric eels, strange fish, and odd animals. The gentleman, who owns this museum, lets some of the animals out to walk about. I also visited the Botanical Gardens and saw there an eagle, and some manities. Manities are big sea cows. There are many beautiful trees around Georgetown - bamboo trees, palm trees, cherry trees, grape fruit trees, and mangoe trees, to name a few. Mummy, Daddy, and I went to Trini- dad where I went swimming in the Page Thirty