Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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Axe by Zenji Ingham A Jungle Adventure Then we heard a hissing sound. I whirled around to see an anaconda silently making tracks towards us. I froze! I tried to move but it was no use. The mightly snake moved closer and closer. I felt as if I was being hypnotized. The great snake ' s tongue swished viciously back and forth. Dad ran quickly for shelter but I was too late. My only hope was a prayer. The silent snake wrapped round my legs. I could feel the slippery scales on my legs and could feel this was a cold-blooded animal by the way the blood circulate inside him. This creature was deadly! When it got to my head, it went on. It must have thought of me as a tree because there was a branch above. It ' s head slightered up the branch but it was such a big creature there was still its tail to go. That was still two feet away from me. Then, the body tensed. I felt as if I were being strangled. By this time the tail was at my chest and the choking went on. I was ready to die. When it let go, I fell to the ground unconscious. The next thing I knew, I was laying in bed. I woke up and in the next few days I got better. When I was well again, we went to explore the part that we had been supposed to see two days before. But this time, we didn ' t meet our old friend, again, the ananconda! - Patrick Singleton J6W Guy Hamshere and Ben i.u. , Escape from Colditz It was the 17th of November and Colwyn and I were patching up our uniforms which we would wear when we escaped from this dull wet prison cell. We heard the warden scraping his slouchy shoes up the steps. Immediately we hurriedly put our Jerry uniforms underneath our beds which were made with cheap veneer. Bang! Bang! Bang! Grubs ready, you English men. With hesitation, for we were hungry, we sprinted wildly down the steps to the so called grub house. Hello Charly, we said. How are you feeling today Fine thanks, he said politely. Did you get our badges? 1 asked. Yes they ' re in your soup at the moment and the date you escape is tomorrow at noon, the sentries will be having their coffee break, and won ' t pay much attention to you guys if your uniform is correct. It will be once we put our badges on . Good luck and goodbye you two. Personally 1 think you are absolutely crazy . Move on Englishmen, you hold up the line. When we got back we ate our soup and attached our badges to our uniform. There, now it ' s complete with badges and all. I said. Morning came rather quickly that time which made a difference. After breakfast we checked and double check our uniform then we put it on. Then we set of through the dark and dimly lit tunnel. When we reached the end we saw, in the distance, a truck which would get us home. - Stephen McCulloch Mystery Photo 3

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Congratulations The K.G.B. - Or Is It? I slowly wandered throught Mr. Kage ' s back yard, making sure he didn ' t see or hear me. When I came to the edge of it, I saw again the high wooden fence which I saw every day after school. But today it seemed more mysterious than ever. Why was it there ? Was somebody trying to hide something? I was deteremined to find out. Seeing a small, metal, ladder by the side of the fence, I climbed up and looked over, my heart beating, my legs and hands shaking. There was nothing! Just a few, boring, dull, ordinary trees! But there might be something behind those trees, if I was lucky - slim chance though. I heaved myself over the plunged to the ground. Calmly, I walked over and looked through the trees, and peeking out of the ground stood a funnel. This was a bunker?! I slowly became tense. What could this be? Creeping up to the funnel, I heard voices, All you do is knock off (kill) our President, then the head of Russia, President Chemenko!! Got it? a gruff voice said. But why? asked another. Because, the countries will blame each other, starting a war. That ' s when the boss starts his plan to take over the world! he answered. This was enough for me. I ran to the fence, jumped up on it and clambered over; next stop the police station. As I started to slow down into a jog, for I had been running, I began to think how stupid I would look. Maybe that whole thing was somebody playing a joke. Maybe I had met up with a couple of quacks. Come to think of it the police aren ' t going to believe me, ever. Deciding to make sure of my facts first, 1 rounded up some of the gang, Mike, Brian and Courtland. We again climbed over the fence, more quietly though this time. Sneaking along the dry grass, we reached the trees. What do we do now? asked Brian. Congratulations to this year ' s Scholarship Winners :- 1st Place: Guy Hamshere Music: Marcus Kermode ■■■■ Mystery Photo 2 Find a way in , I answered. Mike walked forward towards the funnel and plunged into the ground! Mike, I shouted in a whisper, are you all right? Sure, came the reply, come down, but do it quietly. We each jumped down in turn and landed on a soft but old mattress. Next to it was a door. Slowly, hearing no voices, we opened the door and walked in. It was filled with guns and bombs! Everything, M-16s, grenades, terrorist bombs, even an anti- tank weapon! They must be starting a war! Brian remarked, terrified. Are you sure you know what you ' re doing? Is this illegal? Courtland asked. I didn ' t answer. My mind was working on a brainstorm. I ' ve had an idea, I said. We could get some of the weapons and capture the gang! They agreed, but you could see they were terrified. Their faces had turned white and their legs were shaking. But don ' t get the idea I wasn ' t frightened. I was out of my wits. So scared, I almost didn ' t want to try it, but I know it had to be done. I took a revolver and pushed off the safety lock. We crept into the hallway on the other side and heard voices at the other end. Suddenly the door opened and out came burly man. He reached for his revolver as he saw me, but I shot first. He fell, with a bullet wound in his side. I turned green with nausea, but had not ime to think before a bullet ripped through the air into my right shoulder. I fell to the ground screaming in pain - my arm was dyed red with blood. Soon I blacked out. I awoke to find myself in hospital. I was told that a neighbour had heard the commotion and phoned the police but Brian, Mike and Courtland had finished them off already, although Mike suffered bullet wounds in the arm. We all received medals from the President! We appeared in newspapers across the world. The leader of the gang. Boss, turned out to be Nico Shacararo, a notorious terrorist who once headed the I. R. A. So that wrapped up the greatest adventure ever, that made us rich and famous, but it was not that I liked the most, but the fact I had helped my country. - Guy Hamshere J7A 30

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A Large Purple Elephant A large puq)le elephant named Hugo started to fly. He flew over his cage in the zoo. He flew over the giraffes heads and over the cage, he kept on flying until he was out of the city and onto the beach where he found a boat. I wonder who it belongs to? wondered Hugo looking around. But there was no one to be seen for miles. Hugo tried to fly again, but all in vain. Hugo tried and tried. At last Hugo fell asleep in the boat. When Hugo woke up he found himself floating on the ocean near a desert island. When Hugo got there he found out why he could fly and why he had been falling down at the beach. Hugo had grown wings and one had fallen off at his heavy landing! I wonder why that was? wondered Hugo. Just then he saw another purple elephant coming out of the trees. Wondering how you got here young fellow? Hurt your wings, eh? he said Y-y-y-yes sir, stammered Hugo. Well, said the othe elephant. All we purple elephants grow wings you know? So that ' s how you come to have wings. - Simon Jackson Julian Wheddon Dragon Last week I was playing baseball and I was up to bat. The pitcher pitched the ball but when I hit the ball it cracked open and a baby dragon crawled out of it. Everyone ran away except me. I bent down and the dragon ran onto my hand. He purred like a kitten and ran up my arm and licked my ear. I took him home and when my mom came to see what I was soing I hid him in my closet and pretended to be reading. On Monday I took him to school and showed him to the class when the teacher wasn ' t looking. One day I dropped him on the field and couldn ' t find him. I looked all over for him. After I found him I left him at home and mother found him. END. - Nicholas Fagundo J4Z Avoiding Confusion To avoid confusion you must think that other people think what you think. So you can think what they think, if you think that they think and when you think what they think they ' ll think what you think and if you think what they think, they ' ll think what you didn ' t think. Do you understand! Hmm, I think so . See how easy it is to ... Keep it Simple! - Theodore Francis Jeremy Wright ONE BRIGHT MORNING I DID HEAR, A SOUND SO STRANGE AND LOUD AND CLEAR. MY EYES WERE GLUED TO THE WINDOW PANE, BUT MY EAGER SERACH WAS IN VAIN. I CREPT OUTSIDE AND RAISED MY EYES, AND DID I GET A BIG SURPRISE. TWO LARGE GREEN PARROTS SAT IN THE TREES, WITH THEIR FEATHERS BLOWING IN THE BREEZE. THEIR BEAUTY NEARLY TOOK MY BREATH, BUT THEIR NOISE FREIGHTENED ME TO DEATH. - Michael Parsons 5B Mystery Photo 4 32