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

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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

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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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Caribbean sea and also climbed part way up a mountain. Soon it was time to return to Winni- peg and here I am back at school after an exciting trip. ELIZABETH ECHOLS, Gr. IV, Nelson House. 'k JIMMY GETS A DOG Jimmy wanted a dog very much and one day, when his father asked him what kind of a dog he would like. he jumped for joy, and yelled A Collief' He went to bed that night feeling very happy and when he awoke in the morning his Daddy was just coming home from work. In his arms he held a little collie and when Jimmy saw it, he jumped out of bed, took the little pup into his arms, and hugged it. Right away he called the dog Beauty be- cause he was so pretty. Do not love it too much said his Daddy? I found it on the road and brought it home because it was shaking with cold. Two days later there was a great big notice in the paper, it said, Collie missing. Jimmy looked at his Daddy and again looked at the paper, then he ran to his bedroom and cried be- cause he was afraid the owner would take Beauty away from him. That night Jimmy got a sack of food for himself and Beauty. Then he got his big wagon and put the food and Beauty in it and stole away to a cabin far away in the woods. When they reached the cabin he ate some food and then went to bed with Beauty. The next morning, after breakfast, Jimmy sat on the bank of a river near the cabin, and thought of his kind father whom he had left. After lunch he and Beauty went swimming. On the second day he became very lonesome, he had now been away two whole days and he missed his parents very much. Suddenly he heard some- one coming through the woods and he and Beauty hid behind a bush. When he saw his father his heart beat fast because he was afraid Beauty would start barking. Then it happened! Beauty did start barking and Jimmy's father found them. How happy he was to find Jimmy safe and sound, and how happy Jimmy was when he heard that Beauty had been bought for him. PAT LANSDOWN, Gr. V, Nelson House. 'A' BILLY'S FIRST CAPTURE Billy leaned forward in his saddle gazing off into the distance where he thought he saw a black dot that might possibly be a wild horse. He urged his pony towards it at the gallop and, as he drew near, he saw a beautiful black stallion, As he got closer, the wild stal- lion suddenly took fright and galloped away in a cloud of dust. That night at his father's ranch, Billy tried to think of a way to capture this beautiful horse. He had always wanted a horse of his own and this was such a beautiful one. The next morning, he started out very early to scout for his wild beauty and, rounding the edge of a bluff, he suddenly saw him. He swung his lariat and missed. This frightened the horse and he started off at a gallop. Billy gave chase and on his second try his lariat settled over the stallion's head. After a hard time, he managed to reach the ranch with his prize and shouted to a cowboy to help him to get the badly frightened horse into the corral. Early next morning they started to break in the stallion, and a month later Billy was allowed to ride him. At last Billy had a horse of his own and because he was so beautiful Billy called him Black Beauty. From then on Beauty and Billy were friends. GAYLE McLEAN, Gr. V, Garry House. Page Thirty-one