Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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IX. He then proceeded to devour Two of Ulysses ' men; He went out of the cave, and closed The rock door up again. X. Ulysses and his comrades were Entrapped within the cave, And so he pondered on a plan. Whereby he them might save. XI. And so he gave the giant wine. And when he fell asleep, He pushed a stake within his eye. Which made the giant leap. XII. The Cyclops then was blinded And he ran toward the door. He pushed it open and sat down Upon the sandy shore. XIII. Ulysses then thought of a way To save a comrade, so He tied them underneath the sheep, And then he let them go. XIV. Himself he tied right underneath The leader of the flock. And all the sheep went straight away Toward the door of rock. XV. The giant felt along their backs As they passed by his side. He never thought that underneath Ulysses ' men were tied. XVI. Ulysses and his comrades, were Quite free at last, so they Did hasten down to where the ship Was lying in the bay. XVII. Ulysses quickly went on board The sailors plied their oars. And then the ship sped safely on Toward their native shores. — E.M. IVa. 15

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ULYSSES AND THE CYCLOPS I Ulysses was a warrior brave, He sailed the deep sea o ' er. He had to sail for twenty years To find his native shore. n Many adventures he did have ' Ere he arrived at home. He had a ship and trusty crew To take him o ' er the foam. HI. One day he saw a rocky isle, He landed on the shore. He left the ship at anchor there. And started to explore. IV. The Cyclops was a giant, who Inhabited this isle. And when he saw Ulysses come, He smiled an evil smile. V. This giant lived within a cave Right down among the rocks. And there he kept his sheeps and goats Which he had by the flocks. VI. He had but one eye large and fierce With the eyebrow just below, He used a pine-tree for his club And was a dreadful foe. VII. Before his cave there was a door, Made of rock strong and wide. Ulysses found this open, so He quickly went inside. VIII. The Cyclops soon came to the cave His footsteps shook the ground, And echoed loud throughout the place In all the rocks around. 14

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THE ADVENTURES OF A FIVE-CENT PIECE What a lovely young thing I once was! I don ' t mind saying that, when we all came from the Mint in the year 1907, I shone out bright- ly among my brothers. I had a beautiful head on one side of me, (quite the right place for it), and though my other side was covered with writing I was so shiny that it was hard to read. I had nice, deep, clear ridges all around my edge, and felt very happy to be in the world. I went first to a bank. It was a large cool building, and I stayed there for some time, in the vault, under lock and key, where I felt very safe and comfortable. Of course, once I started circulating I moved very fast, from pocket to purse, from hand to box, and I got so accustomed to being produced at the word ' ' change that I came to regard that as my name. I had a good deal of vanity, but it was not long before it was taken out of me. I liked, above all, to lie in a white kid glove and sparkle more brilliantly than any other piece of money. It was pleasant to be mistaken for a ten-cent piece to outshine a quarter, to be chosen in preference to a penny. What deceivers pennies are! They shine so brightly, so like gold, and are so vulgar when their polish is ofil Whereas silver can al- ways be touched up and made to look like new. I once saw a shining cent mistaken for a twenty dollar gold piece; — you should have heard that cent laugh! It was disgusting! But to come back to myself. After I had been holidaying in a purse for a very long time, I once found myself dumped out and surrounded by money with which I was not at all familiar. On enquiring I found that it was American money, and I simply could not stand it. There were the cents — so proud because they considered themselves more convenient to handle than Canadian cents! And the nickles! They were nothing but bullies. They actually considered me inferior to themselves, because I was smaller! When I was worth fully as much or more than any of them! I spent many a day in their horrible company, losing some of my pride at the same time. I must mention a few exciting experiences I had. One day a child placed me on a pin-point, by my ridged edge, and spun me until I was so dizzy that I fell off. She repeated this so many times that I was a wreck, and saw to it that my lovely ridges were worn off before she could get another such chance. Once a little boy put me in his mouth and (I suppose by accident) nearly swallowed me, so that I choked him till he nearly died. I then lived in various small places, travelling continually, until one day I had the pleasure of seeing the nickels leaving me gradually and from my new associates learned that I was once more in Canada. In a scuffle on a street I fell out of a little boy ' s pocket and quietly fell through a crack in a board walk. What was my horror to find that damp, worms, snails and bugs of all sorts attacked me, taking off what shine I had left, rusting me, and heavy weights bent me. 16