Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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From the Pottery Club How The Unicorn Got His Horn The sleek white horse galloped on the flat barren plain. His gleaming white mane shined in the moonlight. His slender neck burned as his head raised and he saw drifting in the howling winds, a large gleaming silver disc. As if guided by some mysterious hand the silver disc floated down, down, down to the ground and rested near lo the horse. The horse, awstruck with amazement, trotted towards the disc. There was a flash of light and then there was silence, for standing near the horse stood a small green man cloaked in velvet garments. The alien used his telepathic powers to speak to the horse. He announced that the horse would help him in his conquest for Mt. Verius which contained fuel for his IFO . They started on their long trek to the Mountain of Fire which was the name for all volcanoes in the mythical times. When they arrived there, the alien climbed to the top of the volcano. He took out a three-dimensional square and threw it into the volcano. The square sucked up the lava and compressed it into itself. The square jumped back into its master ' s hands when its job was done, the alien turned and started back down the hill. Just as he was about halfway down the slope the volcano erupted! Stunned by the explosion the alien lay on the ground unable to move. The white horse, reacting quickly, raced for the alien and scoojied him up before the lava could reach him. When they had f inished ref uelling the disc the alien gave the horse a piece of solid lava twisted to a point to make a horn. The alien placed the horn just above the horse ' s head and it shone with a gleaming yellow. The white horse was no longer a horse, he was a unicorn. ♦identified F lying Object. „ Ben Dyer J6A A Tall Stor Help! shouted Guy. His pole was stuck at the bottom of the dark blue river. loe said I ' ll help you. He came over to the other side of the wooden raft, and pulled out the pole and they both started pushing the raft along. Meanwhile further down the river, sharp rocks and white water awaited them. Joe shouted Look out!, white water and rocks!, Lie down flat! Boom, bang, crash! The raft is breaking up, screamed Guy, Joe was knocked off into the water but held on to Guy ' s half of the raft. Guy screamed My mert badge fell in the river but at least we ' ve past the white water and the rocks. They landed in a bay near their home. Their mother said, Hurry up you ' re late for school! They could not f ind any clothes so they went to school in the wet torn clothes that they wore. They got a detention slip for the wrong uniform and lost 3 recs for being late, all because of the dangerous river. Jonathan Young J4L The Hunter It was duck and I was waking up. 1 am a barn owl. I blinked my eyes, spread my wings and flew. I was waiting for my prey, my supper! I spotted a rat so I swooped. Silently 1 plunged down but he saw me! I heard a coyote howl as I flew around looking for something. Something tasty to eat! I spied a badger. Slowly, slowly I plunged down and grasped the badger in my talons and tore him to pieces. 1 ate him. I flew away wailing for dessert. I saw a rabbit I could catch. 1 swooped down grabbed him and ate him. I saw the sun come up. so I flew back into the barn and fell asleep. Joel Froomkin J4L age 8 Collage by Raul Miranda The Night The Light.s Went Out. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. 4, 3, 2, I, liftoff. Ail systems go. The Space Shuttle Nevada soared into the sky, like a great white bird. The year is 1991, there ha e been two Space Shuttles made since the Columba. At Houston, General Tarkin was very worried. The Space Shuttle Enterprise, which was armed with Nuclear Warheads, had zoomed into space to intercept the Ne ada. The Nevada was headed straight for Palm Springs Missile Base. The space experts had failed to contact the Ne ada. but they did get a visual in the cockpit, but the pilots were dead. The Nevada completely devastated the Palm Springs Power Station and all the lights went dead. Fights broke out everywhere in the base. E erybod wanted to kill his best friend. Only one man was not affected. His name was Corporal John Stubbs. He was said to be psychic. He radioed General Tarkin and told him this was an emergency code red, sector blue. In a few minutes they got there. When they arri ed they found the arms stores being looted, and the food supplies being stolen. General Tarkin and his men had torches attached to their helmets, and they were armed with tranquilizer guns. SuddenU a snarling man jumped on General Tarken. but he threw [he madman o er his shoulder. Ge neral Tarkins squad were armed w ith tranquilizer guns. Soon they would be fighting for their li os. SuddenU a cohort of missies were comine out of the around, ten

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Blind Ben Ben Smith was blinded in W.W.I. He was severely wounded in his left eye. Iflefthim in half-darkness for 16 days. The doctors decided that they would have to operate. So, against his will, Ben was led into the operating room. He was almost asleep because of drugs. When he flet a searing pain tearing through his body, he winced and screamed, but with no effect. He felt the pain growing and growing, till he finally let out a final scream, and fell into total darkeness. Ben Smith was now totally blind. And to this day Ben has lived in this world of darkness . 64 long years ! Ben Smi th , a victim of surgery that failed. Simon Draycott Tornado Smashing, destroying, wreaking havoc through-out Bermuda I journeyed, I, a tornado. My appearance was beige because of all of the dust which was orbiting me like plants to the sun. As I neared roofs they shuddered and either collapsed or the shingles rose into the air and joined in with the circling process. I did not have a permanent form as I was only a spiralling mass of air which only destroys or terrorises villages, towns, or islands. I could never rest, only stopping to destroy any barrier made to destroy me. A hurricane is merely an insignificant body of air compared to my strength and destructive power, I was made to demolish. Sean Dunleavy J6A loomed over Pete was Hke a huge vulture. It creaked and groaned but pete slept on. In another 10 minutes if fell... Peter Ter ris didn ' t even last one day. Mother Nature had once again stopped a man trying to overcome her... Geoffrey Parker J6A ' Caught in the Act ' by Ben Dyer The Antarctic Death A rumbling sound filled the ears of the listener as another large iceberg broke off. Pete Terris, an American explorer, focused his movie camera and proceeded to film this natural effort of Mother Nature to sink ships. Example: Titanic. Pete climbed up the rocky crevasse with a lot of effort. Finding a clear space he proceeded to set up camp. Pete was trying to be the first person to spend two whole months in the Antartic (and live!). In a few hours Pete was eating a supper of beans and rice. He looked above him. A huge piece of ice loomed over him. If that piece fell... he though to himself. But he put it into a corner of his mind. In one way he was glad it was there, it helped keep out the wind. It was still light when he went to bed. I ' ll hardly ever get any sleep like this. But he was wrong. In a matter of minutes Pete was fast asleep, tired out from the day ' s events. Mother Nature sent a storm that night. The piece of ice that ' Keep Bermuda beautiful ' by Ben Dyer ' Keys ' by Andre Zanol Saltus Junior School There is a place in Pembroke, called Saltus Junior School It teaches Maths and English And not to play the fool. Gardening does Miss Armstrong teach And grows the plants within our reach. Math we learn from Mr. Beasley, Maths we learn from Mr. Beasley, And also English rather easily. We also learn some sports, And do some running in our shorts. One final thing that you should know And 1 will tell before I go. Miss Eileen Wilkie is the head. And now it ' s time to go to bed. By: Scott Pearman May 7th, 1982 30

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Long tail flight by Bryan Adams minutes to liftoff. Stubbs tried the controls, but they were dead. Five minutes to liftoff. Corporal Stubbs was down in the bunker trying to fix the short. Twenty seconds to launch. Stubbs had an idea, he used his psychic powers to stop the missies from being launched. In ten seconds World War III would start. 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, Emergency over. Suddenly there was a bright light, next the light took off into the blackness of space. Nobody knows what happened, because all the lights in the base came on after the bright light went away into space. It is still a mystery what happened. Noel Capewell J6A The Cool Escape Greg Thompson was one of the many prisoners at Abel Prison. He spent his days in the meat freezer putting in and taking out, enormous chunks of meat. Roll call! shouted the officer. Thompson! Here, sir. Bates! Here, sir! etc. That night Thompson sat in bed thinking, his head straining for new ideas. Finally, one came to his head. Dawn found the prisoners the next morning eating breakfast. An hour later they were each working busily at their own job. Today Thompson would be by himself packing the freezer with cold meat, but this he didn ' t do. Slowly and carefully he pushed the huge ice blocks to a kitchen nearby, prying them up on top of each other. Then came the tense moment. He climbed up on the blocks and slowly opened a window high above. It creaked, but all of a sudden a piece of wood splintered off and hit the bushes below. A guard The Artists at work turned to find a mouse scurrying across the field. What relief Thompson felt. Now the crutial part came, he shpped underneath the hole and ran as fast as he could go, silently. Detectives stood around a pool of water the next day and soon figured the escape. Kevin Gunther J7S School Days Screams and yells, Chaos and bells. Hurrying children, bustling to pass, On to the dreaded P.E. class. O for Mr. Lever ' s skill. Logic, reason and self-will! Days of laughter, though and pain, Agonising work from the Tudor reign. Years and months go whizzing by, Someday, maybe we ' ll understand why! By Fraser Allen J6W Snorkelling Shellfish and succulent crab, Nice corals of different colours. Octopuses ready to grab. Rushing schools of sisters and brothers. Keen am I to watch these colourful fish. Ever wishing I were but one. Learning their secrets and sharing a wish, I enjoy the water — it ' s oh such fun! Never once have I been bored to see, Great shoals of fish swimming happy and free. Paul Lindo J6W Boa! Sculpture by Ewan Cheyne My Most Precious Possession Every day when I get home from school I see my grandfather ' s war medals shining on the wall. They are four brass stars with a different meaning on each. They all dangle off a ribbon with coloured stripes. They rest on a soft material in a cedar case. Every Saturday morning the first thing I do after I wake up is take them off the wall and polish them. I try not to get polish on the stripes, which is very difficult. After the polish dries I wipe it off with a cloth. After they are spotless I hang them back up. I like to sit down and watch them, they always bring back memories of my grandfather. He always used to tell me how he earn- ed them. He told me a few years ago before he died that I was to have them when he died. I will never disrespect them. Ian Finnerty J7A 32