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

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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

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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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MY VISIT TO CHOATE SCHOOL When we visited Choate School, Con- necticut, U.S.A. I ate my dinner with six hundred boys. I could not say a word and if somebody had asked me my name I do not think I could have said it. After dinner on Sunday they held a chapel service. The chimes were won- derful and the choir sang beautifully. The Headmaster took Mother, my brother and me out for a drive. We saw the whole campus, all of the build- ings, the farm, and a wonderful apple orchard. We picked some of the apples and put them in the car. I was sorry to leave Choat School and hope to see it again some day. GAIL BURROWS, Gr. V, York House. if HOW I CAUGHT THE GOPHER IN THE SCHOOL YARD When I went to school one morning, I eyed a large brown and white speck- led gopher. I walked close to him, and tried to grab him, but of course I missed. I tried this over and over again. I finally gave up but the gopher was so saucy, that he made me very cross. The following day, I brought a net and a box to school. I went to both of his holes and put a box over one and the net over the other. The gopher tried to come out the hole with the net over the top. Quickly, I turned the net upside down and caught him. How happy I was! The gopher was never saucy again, and the school had a big brown and white speckled gopher as a pet. ROBERTA ROBERTSON, Grade VI, Garry House. ir THE BEAR When we were at the lake, one of my chores was to go for the water, and in order to get to the pump, I had to walk through the woods. One morning I heard a rustle among the trees and bushes. I did not pay much attention to it at first, but when I heard it again I thought it might possibly be a snake, but the noise sug- gested something bigger than that. The rustling came closer and closer, then I saw something brown, I saw a face, it was a bear! and I was soon in full flight towards the pump. When I started back home with the water, he was nowhere in sight and I had just convinced myself that he had gone when he suddenly ran on to the path right ahead of me. I jumped about a foot before I realized that it was just a little baby cub. I tried to pat him but he moved away so I con- tinued on my way home. The little baby cub followed me all the way home, I fed him some bread crusts and honey, and he slept under the cottage all night. I kept him all the time I was down at the lake. JOAN PANTING, Gr. VI, Nelson House. 'A' BEN AND THE BROKEN BOWL There once lived a mother who had a son whose name was Ben. They were happy but very poor, and their home was high up in the mountains. One day his mother had to go up the mountainside to get some water and little Ben, left all alone, decided to bring his pet goat into the house, to teach him to jump for apples. They had a lot of fun until the goat knocked over a large blue bowl. Ben cried and cried because he knew his mother would be very cross. He took the goat outside and sat down to think what he could do. i Suddenly he noticed an old tramp sitting on the doorstep with a big bundle at his feet. Ben was very cur- ious as to what was in the bundle, so he asked the tramp to open it. In it he saw all sort of things, among them being a large, bright yellow bowl. Ben was very excited, he asked the tramp what he could give him for the bowl and the tramp looking around said If you will give me half of that dry bread over there you may have the bowl. Quickly Ben made the exchange, and Page Thirty-two