Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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MY DOG Johnnie is my doggie ' s name And he is black and white, All day he plays at any game And sleeps near me at night. When someone tells him he is bad He goes into a corner; He acts so very very sad, And looks just like a mourner. When I come home from school each day He meets me at the door: He jumps on me and is so gay It makes me love him more. I love my dog with all my heart I think he loves me too, If we should ever have to part I don ' t know what I ' d do. Barbara Magor, Upper I. AT SPRING TIME O, look at the grass, And the roses are climbing, It is gleaming with dew, But they ' ll soon go to bed And the daisies are smothered, They are yellow and white, And a few violets too. And pink and red. The little birds snug in their nests, Always chirp and sing, What always seems to me to be God save the Gracious King. Elizabeth Davies, Lower I. TRAFALGAR ECHOES 1944 .°.l

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UNIORS SPRING 1 love the coming of the Spring, When all the Robins start to sinj:: I watch them husy as can be, Building their nest up in our tree. Four little blue egj;s will soon be laid In the nest the Mother and Father made. Four baby birds will soon learn to fly, Up and away in the summer sky. Dianjne Proctor, Lower I. GARDENING It ' s fun to make a garden With spade and rake and hoe; For soon the little plants begin To grow and grow and grow! Christian Haslett, Age 8. tuaI ' ' AL ;ah kciioks mi

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OUR VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TO CANADA OUR first meal on hoard was a very happy one. When we saw the while bread, the hutter and such a wonderful menu, fish and meat, several vegetable ami deMerte, we could not helieve our eyes. After a few days of peaceful travelling, we arrived in the dangerous area. We were lold to sleep all dressed which was not at all comfortable. The first night we heard the alarm hell go, at ten o ' clock. We hail to put our Copl- and life-belts on and go to the lounge. We were all hot and anxious, time seemed quite long. The stewardess, who wanted to ease the tension, asked a passenger to play tli - piano. After a short while we were all singing together. At midnight we had sand- wiches and tea and an hour later we were told to go to our rooms. We had that for about a week, and we got quite used to it. We had another few days of peaceful travelling and one evening we saw the lights of Halifax. Canada had in reserve a lot of happy surprises for us. Michelle Jaquet, Upper I. I WONDER IF I SHALL LIKE IT? NOW that we are hearing such good news about the war, I am beginning to think that I may go back to England this year. I wonder if I shall like it ' There are so many lovely things I shall miss in Canada. First of all the blue lakes dotted round the countryside with yachts, rowing boats and canoes; the beautiful pines, with their slender tops reaching up to the clear blue sky. Here I have long summer holidays and the fun of camp. There is plenty of ice cream in this countrv and we do not have it in the wintertime in England. Winter in Canada is fun, with so much snow, ski-ing, skating, and tobogganing. In England we have a few inches of snow and the next day it is raining. The houses here are warm and cosy, and we go to bed in comfort instead of scuttling about in our cold English rooms. I shall miss Hallowe ' en too, with its ghosts and witches and gay orange pumpkins. Most of all I shall miss my kind Canadian friends. Of course there will be lots of good things in England: discovering my treasures again, my books and my bicycle and seeing all my relations and friends. I shall be longing to see old London again and to find out how many buildings have been destroyed. I want to see St. Paul ' s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London with the Crown Jewels, and Madame Tussaud ' s, the famous Waxworks. Then there will be the lovely countryside, green fields and hedges and old gnarled oak trees. I want to wander through the woods and see the glades carpeted with blue- bells. I shall pick bunches of primroses and see all the gardens gay with flowers. I shall often go to the seashore with its golden sands and high white cliffs. It will be fun to go there just for weekends and be able to have picnics in the winter as well as the summer. I wonder if 1 shall like it? — Yes, I think I will. Shirley Craig, Form II, Ross House. 32 TRAFALGAR ECHOES 1944