Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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CANADA CANADA is a very bi{ country. I was born in England but I am living in Canada because of tbe war. We saw some Indians in Britisb Columbia, they were dressed up and they were dancing. One lady bad a baby on her back. I have been on the St. Lawrence river, it was fxm. We can see it from Mount Royal. We went in a ship, we played on the deck and did lots of things. I had my birthday on the ship. I had a birthday cake it was nice. In summer we go to Camp and we see lots of Gray Squirrels. They climb up in the trees. They have homes in the trees. We get Maple Syrup from the trees. We have fir trees in our yard. In winter we have fun in the snow. We have to put on snow suits so we will not get wet. I can see the St. Lawrence river from our apartment on Drummond Street. It is a sort of blue white on the lake. In winter the lake is ice and we can skate on it. If it is soft we cannot go on it or we will get wet because there is water underneath. We have a dog and his name is Rex and he has a kennel and when he is not in his kennel we pretend to be a dog. And sometimes we go out to pick strawberries. If it is a sunny day we go swimming and I jump in now, but I used to climb in. And we have a trail called the Bear trail because there are bears there in the spring. I went up in the Mountains, we went in a big train, it was lots of fun. We have a day called Hallow E ' en, I dressed up as a china man, we knocked at other people ' s doors and got lots of sweets. We have maple syrup from the trees. You boil and it turns into syrup and sugar. I am English but I have come over to Canada just for the war. In the Easter holidays we are going up to New York with Auntie and Uncle, and we are going in the train all by ourselves. Marjory said that when we go in the train there will be a black man for the porter and the person that is going to take us will tell one of the black men to look after us. We are going to sleep in the train all night. I hope that when I go over to England Canada will have a good time. Elizabeth Una Davies, Age 8, Christian Haslett, Age 7, Anne Pail Wilkinson, Age 7, Anthea Cadbury, Age 7, Philippa Harris, Age 7. [29J

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J ' ai vU- uric dcs premiores elf ' ves. l oii8 rloniciirionh r-l allioriH r-n claHHe dans la f)arti( ' que vouh appcicz ' I a MaiKoii ' . iMoiis faiHiojis cc (juc nf»iiK vouliotiH juHqu ' a ;e qu MadenioiHelle Fairlt-y nous efil dotiiK ' dcB niauvaiKCH n )t H ct (J k rf ' t« nu rK. Alors, uoui- ri ' avons |)]us parle ]ans les vestilmles, el nous n ' avons pItiK c-oiini daiif- Ich c.Hc.uWitrH. Nous etudiions la niusicjiie, lo cliaMt, les rnallx ' -nialicjucs, If I ranrais, I ' Anfilaih, rAllft- mand, le dessin, et d ' autres siijels. Le diuiaiiclH ' nous ( ' ludioiis la Bjl !e ct iiouh aiiiofiH a I ' eglise. INous aimions I ' ecole malgre les maiivaiseK notes et les retenues. Merci beaucoup pour cette liistoire inttTf ssanle, dit Marie. Nous pensons que vous etes tres ientils dit Helene, Mais ou demeurez-voiis? Nous demeurons ici, derriere les arnioires, n ' pond Nelson, Vous nous avez entendu quand nous sommes sortis pour fairc notrc [jronienade dans I ' ecole. Au revoir; nous devons retourner dans notre cliainbre, avant d ' etre decouvertes — Venez Marie. Je viens, Helene. Bonne nuit, spectre . Nous ne le dirons jamais a nos amis, ni a nos parents, ils ne nous croiraient pas . Non, Helene. Nous ne le dirons jamais . Et elles ne Font jamais dit. Prudence Shoobridce, Barclay House. Jean Holmes, Gumming House, Form IIIb. UNE AUTOBIOGRAPHIE D ' UN DRAPEAU FRANCAIS ]E suis ne avant cette guerre, dans un petit village au nord de la France. Je flotte sur un long mat de pavilion au milieu du village. Mes couleurs sont bleu, blanc et rouge qui signifient Liberte, Egalite et Fraternite. Ces mots sont la devise des revolutionnaires frangais au dix-bviitieme siecle. Les revolutionnaires ont desire la Liberte I ' Egalite et la Fraternite et je flotte en France si ces mots sont vrais. Qviand j ' ai eu cinq mois les Allemands sont entres dans le village. J ' ai succombe sous le drapeau d ' Allemagne. Les soldats allemands m ' ont battu et je suis tombe au bas du mat de pavilion. A Dieppe les Canadiens et les Anglais sont entres dans le village oti je demeurais et ils m ' ont hisse sur mon mat de pavilion. Ob, j ' ai ete beureux ce jour-la! Je flottais fierement sur toutes les maisons. II y a eu la Liberte, pour un jour, dans le village. Mais les Allemands sont revenus trois jours apres et ils m ' ont bumilie. Ils m ' ont jete et ils m ' ont prix avec eux, et ils m ' ont mis sous clef. Un jour un paysan m ' a saisi quand il a apporte la nourriture pour les Allemands. II m ' a emporte et il m ' a cache sous ses vetements. Maintenant je demeure cbez mon liberateur dans sa maison. II n ' y a pas de vent (pii me fail Hotter mais je suis beiircnix dans la nuiison. II y a un autre drapeau que j ' aime bcaiicoiii). INons sonunes fieis parce (ju ' il y a la Liberte, I ' Egalite et la Fraternite dans cellc inaison. Helen Ayeh, Form IIIa., Fairley House.

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CHRISTMAS POEM On a cold Cliristmafi nifjlil star was shining very l)rifj;lil 4 boy called Christ was born He was kissed and kissed a}j;ain till morn. I lie wisf; nx ri llir y «lid dance for joy To bear about tin; little boy They went on camels to the babe And f)rf;sentH on the iloor n y laid. The Shepherds they were sound asleep The angels said, Yon must go and greet Our little Christ lying in the bay Vou must go and seek the way. Mary loved her little babe And in her arms (Jbrist was laid All the beasts around him stood (Jbrist our father kind and goofl. I Then I went to see the Dear In swaddling clothes he would appear In a manger he lay on hay Quiet as quiet our Father lay. Ann O ' Heir, Age 9, Lower I. THE PIXIE am a Pixie. At night I sleep under a toadstool. All day I dance around the toadstool. One day I saw a little Baby bird fly down upon the ground, it was a blue jay. It was bunting for worms. It found a worm, and suddenly tbe blue jay flew to the top of the tree to her Baby birds and that was the end of tbe Pixie. Anthea Cadbury, Age 7. SPRINGTIME Spring will soon come, DafTodils bright. Spring will be here, Daffodils gay. Bringing with her. Nodding themselves Flowers each year. To tbe sun of tbe day. Tulips are pink. Tulips are red, Some are as white, As the snow that has fled. Elizabeth Semler, Upper I. |;{0|