Thornton Academy - Tripod Yearbook (Saco, ME)

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'I HL TRIPOD closed and wlth his read tuclted under hls feathers he went to sleep ll dld not seem xery long to lm th 1t he rem uned thls way fo some unusual noxse as sllvht as lt may have been lac. avx xltened hlm He re mnned Xery stlll and peered oat mto th dxrlxness Suddenly he ne xrd a x xtclnn at the lxey hole ol the door 11 ow: one m ms txymf to ht '1 ltey the lock The loelx turned md slowly nd llentlj the croor was pushed open house with hl c xp pulled down oxer r es He w rs 1 frerce look n rn an 'ntl Perez bemg a wlse pxrrot crept l ul. ID hrs ca e and pretended to be ltep untxl the propel tune came lhe thlef crept on down the hill nd was gomg through the door Into the lumv room when Peter shouted wxth all has mwht Hold up your hands or l ll shoot The thlef turned around xn blanl-S as tomshment and threw up hrs hands for he thought It was a human voice commv from the dark corner Then Peter seemg hls chance creamed Thief' Call the cop' Thxevesl Robbers' Burglars' Call the cop' and he beat hrs wlngs to make xt more empbatlc The burglar now see mg the trick that had been played on him made a bee lme for the door but was met at the foot of the stalrs by Mr Stevens who hearlng the parrot s first scream had thrown on hrs bathrobe xnd llppers and had come to see what he excltement was about He made horr xx ork of the thief by Ulvxng hlm one f hls college Lnock outs w nlch left hlm sprxwlmv on the floor rnen he locked hlm up Ill the laundry closet and went to phone the pollce nd to 1ssu1e hrs vslfe and son that ev ythxnf was 111 Ylght Ixet ome nr Xe fot t ar ter mlnutes later after t s o y Xifhr l ve 11d the Cop e hxd hex d cl just soon sell my home is to x t nr He s dont 1 good piece rlt tonrf and we mean to keep hm is long as he ll stay Don t we sonny me Bessey 22 BEAR NOT BULL -Xllen s hor e p nted and tugged as he clnmbed the rocky trarl leadmg up the mountaln Behind hlm walked the sure llttle burros who carrled the sup plles He was alone 1n the Rockies He mounted to a small plateau What a new' Far beneath hum lay a scene that resembled a sort of Jagged paradise deep wooded ravmes and the sun malung grotesque shadows ln a llght and shade effect Ragged clrffs and rocky plateaus stretched below him The only aucllble sound was the plerc mg cry of a hawk sallmg above him He stretched his arms and breathed . . , 1 V , .. . . Q s , Y . ,, .. 3 Q - - . .. .. 2 . 2 ' 2 j. r ' o . - ,X ' , .i f '. .r J ' 'D ' I ' ' VN . X ' 'z ' ,B . - -f-. . . .. 1 I ' '1 ' . - , - 1 i. v, , C ' . 1. V L I t . N 1 , , - - 1' 1 ' ,,,,. . - . f 2: Q.. ' ' - sc' 1 . ' gi ' r 2 ' -. ' . f-gg 4 rg 3 5 'v , as ' s 1. : , 'Q ., 'V g 4 in 'l 'S 1' d if -ix h' , f . . ' 2 . ' 914 H H , ' ' a s'.' K I c' In :A .ir he.tr. U afl- ljfxllll' saw a man steal slowly in the -,f-il lqcy fer? .S ' 'S '1 f A ul' A 5 as. S A ,Q his iy .f. 'z C 'N . 'i g i sell tl an lf d. 1 Q A ' 1 I ' ' Y ' l 2 4 , Cf ' 'ght ' 1 D2 ' 't 21 ' 1 a A . ' ' '. ' , as L, ' . I ' K ' - .t PM '. K 2 ji . , ' . 5,3 '- 1 ' U ' ,.,....,., . - . . .. . .. 5 , . s a . g D , 4 . Y ' ' ' v . . ' ' - .D . . s ' , . . , C ' n 4 1 . U Y ,. . . . , ' ' 1 , . ' ' D U 1 A 1 , . - ,

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