Walker High School - Pepper Pot Yearbook (Simsbury, CT)

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Well, said lhe mayor affer he had recovered from The shoclc. l guess 'rhe purse wilh +wo 'rhousand marlcs belongs 'ro our esleemed friend, Herr Schneiderlinlcf' Everyone fried lo congralulafe him al' once. The old man beamed wi+h fears in his eyes. On 'rhe way home Karl squeezed his Grandfa+her's hand. l knew we would win. he said. Sarah McGraw The Peculiar Twisl' No idea is new: They've all been used before And passed on +o you. Buf eachlmind is benf. So fhe old idea - you see. ls all lwisfed when if comes ouf, And +his -is originalily. Emily Heclor IO3

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Karl almosT snaTched The halTer 'from his GrandTaTher's hand and hurried To The big bazaar. ATTer careTully hanging iT up, a diTTiculT Task Tor a small boy, he examined The works and made sure everyThing was all righT. Flushed and exciTed iusT aTTer Tinishing, he crawled ouT Through The back en- Trance To Tind his grandTaTher. The greaT Town clock had iusT sTruck Two when The crowd began To merge Toward The greaT bazaar. Karl seized Herr Schneiderlink by The hand. and TogeTher They enTered The building. The duke was sTanding on a raised plaTTorm wiTh The iudge. As soon as The people were quieT he began: My dear villagers, Today we are abouT To conclude our happy EasTer TesTival wiTh The ToremosT evenT. Around us are clocks Trom all parTs of Germany. One oT These clocks will be The winner and iTs owner The proud possessor oT Two Thousand marks. Now our honored mayor Joseph DunkengriTT will choose The prize clock. i The people began To mill around while The mayor examined every clock. AT lasT he came To The Two duplicaTes. Hmm, he mused. whaT's This? Two exacT replicas? And such exquisiTe carving. Call The owners! Up Till now Karl had managed To keep his grandTaTher away Trom The clocks, buT now The blow would Tall. l-lerr Schneiderlink and Herr Schnapfelheim came forward. and when The Tormer saw an exacT copy oT his clock he Turned pale. Why, you cheaTing old Tool, he cried you sTole my plans. You copied my carving and had The audaciTy aTTer so much deceiT To bring iT here. I have no words ThaT express whaT l Think of you, you scoundrel! Prove iT, said Schnaplielheim wiTh a smug look. l did no such Thing and besides. my clock was here a day before yours. By righTs l should win. . This is mosT exTraordinary, puT in The mayor, buT genTlemen, leT's have no quarreling. UndoubTedly These are The TinesT clocks in The conTesT. We can only TesT The works To see which is The besT. So saying he moved The hands on GrandTaTher's clock To Twelve and immediaTely The big cuckoo appeared and crowed Twelve Times. Then The panels slid open and The liTTle plaTTorm emerged wiTh ST. Nick and his reindeer. EveryThing worked per- TecTly and The Tone of The music box was superb. Then The mayor TesTed The oTher cuckoos on The quarTer. halT, and Three quarTer sTrokes. These worked perTecTly Too. The crowd held iTs breafh as The mayor moved The hands on SchnapTelheim's clock. Everyone wanTed GrandTaTher To win because his rival was so mean Tempered and rude. The hands poinTed To Twelve. NoThing happened. They waiTed Tive minuTes. Ten: sTill noThing. SchnapTelheim's Tace was purple wiTh rage. He Tlung The clock To The ground and kicked iT aparT while The onlookers gazed aT him. horriTied. When There was noThing buT a mangled heap oT works leTT, he rushed ouT of The building shouTing someThing ThaT wouldn'T be TiT To repeaT. lO2

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School Song l-lere's fo fhe school we love so dear. l-lere's 'ro our comrades +rue. I-lere's +o 'rhe happy days we've spenf, Miss Walker, here wilh you. l-lere's +o our colors glorious Unifed for a while. l'lere's +o +he many more happy hours l-lere's +o our dear Sun Dial. ln days io come we'll scaHer far Bur le+ us ne'er forget A welcome here And friendly cheer Are waifing for us yer. Though clouds may somefimes darkly bend We'll s+rive wi+h all our powers, Dear Dial. like +hee, in memory. To mark bu+ golden hours. Dear Dial, like fhee, in memory. To mark buf golden hours. Miss Walker's Song Pass lhe loving cup around, Pledge +he school we hold so dear. l-lere's To all 'fhose +ha+ have gone, And 'ro fhose +ha+ are here. And fonighl' lei each one vow And fonighf le+ each one rule Thai' forever, as now, We will srand by our school. IO4