Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Not a pack, but a fleet. Oh, Mummy, what a fleet of people! People make a crowd, darl.ng, not a fleet. Here ' s a crowd of lions. Mummy. That ' s not a crowd; it ' s a pride. See this pride of bees. Mummy? That ' s not called a pride, but a swarm. Oh, Mummy, what a swarm of fishes! Not a swarm, but a school. And here ' s a school of geese. Darling, that is not a school, but a gaggle. Oh, Mummy, look at this gaggle of robbers coming. No, darling, it ' s a band of robbers. Look at this band of plates. Mummy. That ' s not called a band, but a stack. There ' s a lovely stack of flowers. Mummy. That ' s not a stack; it ' s a bunch. Mummy, loo!i at this bunch of partridges. Not a bunch, dearest, but a covey. Then, Mummy, look at this lovely covey of pearl beads. That ' s not a covey; it ' s a string. Oh, Mummy, I don ' t know the diff ' erence between any of them. ' AFTERNOON TEA WITH A GOBLIN ONE fine day I was wandering in the woods looking for flowers of different kinds when I got lost. Suddenly I came to an oval door set in a rock. I knocked and the door opened. Two goblin soldiers came out, and, before I knew it, they had bound me with a thread-like cord which, try as I would, I could not break. They led me through a wide hall whose floor and walls were studded with jewels. At last we came to a room in which there was a magnificent throne made of pearls. Ann O ' Heir, Form Upper II, Gumming House. [28]

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Tlie next iniiuite Marv. his wifo, was in his room saying, Yes, what is it, (lear: 1 hope von are reatlv, beeause tlie Drakes are ealling for ns in five minutes. After poor Mr. eatherby had exphiined to his wife that the cause of it all must have been his signet ring, which had a wishing stone in it, she too was shocked when she saw his reflection. Just be fore he had first looked in tlie mirror, he had been wishing that he were a simple shepherd so that he would not have to go to troublesome things like parties. This was the result. But the thing that most puzzled both him and his wife was that he resembled a shepherd only in his reflection, and not when he looked down at himself. After nuK-h to-do, the Weatherbys finally started off for the party. Once there, Mr. Weatherby looked in the mirror to see if he was neat; he was terribly angry and embarrassed when others laughed at the strange reflection in the mirror. e er ilid Mr. eatlierby get rid of the figure of the shepherd when he looked in the mirror. Eve Gordon, Form II, Barclay House. TRAFALGAR ECHOES hen we enter Trafalgar ' s grounds We hear the echoes of many sounds: The front door ' s hinges creak and squeak As it opens and closes all the week; Talking is forbidden, but we fear Many hushed whispers reach the ear; The pitter-patter of running feet Seeking the classroom ' s safe retreat; Apparatus rumbles over the floor Or thumping skipping ropes add to the roar; And from the gymnasium comes the beat Of distant music and marching feet. As pupils vanish from the halls The hush of quiet evening falls. Judy Cliff, Form Upper II, Gumming House. COLLECTED COLLECTIVES A little girl is speaking to her mother as they look at a picture book together. Oh, Mummy, look at the litter of sheep. That ' s not a litter, darling: it ' s a flock. Mimimy. look at the flock of cows. But that ' s not a flock: it ' s a herd. Oh, Mummy, here ' s a herd of wolves. That ' s not a herd: it ' s a pack, darling. Look, there ' s a pack of ships. [27]

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On it sat a goblin. He in ite(l lue to enter and niolioned my captors away. hen lie rang a bell one of his servants eame ont with a jewelled ehair. Then he spoke for the first time: ill yon ha e tea with me? 1 said, es, 1 iH . Vk hile his goblin servant was getting the tea ready, he told me about his country. It was while he was talking that I realized tiiat I had shrunk until 1 was no bigger than a two-inch pencil stub. Then the servant came in with the tea. 1 have never tasted anvthing so delicious. There was cake made ot the pollen of (lowers served on five-cent pieces, and acorn tea served in acorn cups. 1 confess I ate greetlilv. X hen it was all over he took nie to the royal gardens, where there were hundreds of varieties of Howers 1 had never seen before. 1 picked manv. and then the King took me down the long hall until 1 reached the door. In what seemed less than a second 1 found myself sitting on a rock. 1 looked down for my flowers, and found nothing but a binich of tiny weeds. Had I been asleep? as all this a dream? Bai!Bar Boon. Korm H, Gumming House. NURSERY RHYMES FOR THESE DAYS OF HIGHER LEARNING See where the daughter of the MuflFet line Did on the sward her beauteous form recline, Consmning products of the bovine herd, V( hen there approached arachnid without word. Dangling o ' erhead and eddying round and round, As she with violence sprang off her mound. Philippa Hansard, Form Upper II, Gumming Hoixse. Remote from household throng and menial hum, John sat, intent on festal pabulum; Inquisitive of what was underneath He brought to his anticipating teeth A fruit all red and ready for to eat. And this, his act, himself did find most meet. Ann O ' Heir, Fo rm Upper II, Gvimming House. [29]