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

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One day IasT monTh aTTer we had been TogeTher aImasT a year he sand he wanTed To go up To Sacre Coeur nn IvIonTmarTre I agreed as I had only been There once or Twnce and never around The TournsT season We Took The IvIeTro and goT oTT aT The TooT oT The large hnll crowned by The ornenTaI church oT Sacre Coeur We could as you know walk dnrecTIy up The mann sTanrway or go up one oT The many snde sTreeTs whnch end up nn The Place du TerTre The cenTer oT The TournsT aTTracTnon PIoTknn always sand he preTerred To Tace hns problems squarely so we seT TorTh on The long sTruggIe wnTh buT one resT nn The mnddle ATTer much complannnng abouT escaIaTors and how badly The French wenT abouT Thnngs we sTopped and Turned around To gaze aT Parns my cnTy ThaT I had never really apprecnaTed unTnl I saw nT Through hns eyes There nT was beTore and beneaTh us aT TwnlnghT when The InghTs oT The cnTy were nusT comnng on NoTre Dame ahead The beacon oT The EnTTeI Tower and even The sma bunldnngs hardly vnsnble n ThaT InghT added To The over all pncTure oT Iovelnness Then as we Turned There sTood Sacre Coeur large and whnTe beTore our eyes squaT yeT Tall Inke an Indnan mosque nTs dome round and pure sendnng omens nnTo The dark sky abouT nT We walked around The church passnng a blnnd vnolnnnsT a TwenTy Tranc look aT The moon endnng up aT a resTauranT called Mere CaTharnne Yes I know nT well puT nn her Trrend PIoTknn ordered a dubonneT I-le always used To have cokes buT he began To Teel Too Amerncan and Thus he was nnnTnaTed nnTo a French drnnk whnch he sand TasTed aT TnrsT Inke The cough medncnne hns moTher used To gnve hnm Then he began To reveal whaT nT was ThaT he had broughT me up To Tell I remember hns words well because I nearly crned aT Thenr sngnnTncance I-le sand he had ThoughT oT an ndea Tor a wrnTe abouT someThnng he knew an Amerncan nndocTrnnaTed nnTo French ways aTTer a year oT Invnng nn Parns I ascerTanned ThaT he would be The mann characTer and ThaT I was To be nn nT Too ATTer Tellnng me Thns he looked aT me as nT I should be happy aT The news I wasnT pleased aT all aT whaT he sand because I ThoughT ThaT Thns dd noT come Trom hns hearT ThaT he had nusT Trned To Thnnk oT an ndea ThaT would please people and ThaT could be publnshed aTTer so many Tanlures All oT a sudden a loud nonse was heard and down The sTreeT came a group oT sTudenTs havnng some sorT oT rnoT Some were Iaughnng nn Tun and some as a resuIT oT sTrenuous elbow bendnng They appeared To be French buT I deTecTed a snngular Tone nn Thenr accenTs whnch Though noT Too noTnceable led me To belneve ThaT They were Amerncans I-le remarked how French sTudenTs were geTTnng more rambuncTnous every day and I replned ThaT They were Amerncans I-Ie denned nT and called one oT Them over nn hns TrnghTTul accenT whnch could never be mnsTaken Tor French D ou allez vous7 he asked a Tanrly sober member oT The group Illnnons he blandly replned and wenT abouT hns merry maknng PIoTknn saT There Tor several mnnuTes a blnnd expressnorn on hns Tace sTarnng nnTo Thnn anr Thnnknng abouT whaT I dndnT know Then all oT a sudden he Turned To me wn+h convncTnon nn hns Tace The TnrsT Tnme I had really seen Thns and sand Im sorry I was wrong They were Amerncans and so am I as you are French I musT noT pre Tend To be whaT I m noT I m noT French and I m noT a wrnTer and Ive never realnzed T beTore You re The only person ThaT has ever undersTood me and TaughT me ThaT I was reachnng nn The wrong dnrecTnon I would noT be Tellnng you everyThnng nT I dnd noT say I was deeply moved I-Iere 95 . . . I I I 1 novel, one which would really be apprecIaTed now, because aT IasT he InTended To . i . I . . . . I . '

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he began fo run cheernly makmg a loud solnd sound on fhe puckef fence wnfh an old dead sfuck Marla nofuced fhaf fhe fence was newly and neafly palnfed and fhaf In fhe wundow of fhe blue shuffered house of fhe ummaculafe yard was framed fhe grey head of old Mrs Merle She laughed af fhe face and waved because If looked fhe same even nn fhe whule fhaf Marla had nof seen her lm back lm really back' Marla cried When l refurn from where lm going now I Il sfop fo see your knffens wufh new open eyes Can I play wufh your old dag foo If hes an a good mood7 Mrs Merle smnled and nodded Then Marla remembered fhaf she had heard fhaf Mrs Merle s dog was dead and fhal' fhe kuffens weren f new any more and suddenly she dxdnf feel luke going on buf Indeed felf more fared Af fhaf momenf down fhe lane anofher lnffle form came running holdlng ouf her hands and calling Marla hey Marla' un fhaf funny low vonce nof luke fhe vonce shed heard yesferday so near her chaur and yef so dusfanf Dora' Hu' Ive fuffeen cenfs Lef s go gef a soda' Rlghf now fhus munufe' C mon They wenf off chafferung hand In hand Marua fhoughf Dora was faller falrer wnfh bluer eyes ff seemed Or were Dora s eyes green7 They frued nof fo sfep on fhe cracks In fhe sidewalk buf couldnf fhlnk of a penalfy when Marla did Suddenly fhey saw fhaf Byrke boy Dora sand fo Marla an an overly loud and haughfy fone Theres fhaf showoffy Byrke boy who fhunks he s so very smarf' Boys fhunk fhaf fhey re so greaf lusf because fhey re boys Well fhey re nof' They re bullies arenf fhey Marua7 She shook back her halr spurafedly Marla wafched has anfucs crufncally from fhe sides of her dark eyes and fhoughf hum quufe clever He as really gusfe nice looking un a way even If he ms such a pesf and so freckled she amended Suddenly she furned fo her friend and exclaumed Look hes losf hns fronf feefh' Wnfh fhe sharpness of childhood her qunck eyes had picked fhe spof fo hurf hrs vanafy Youve losf your fronf feefh a d Ill bef yo l p' fhey fe-ased and ducked glgglnng Info fhe drugsfore as fhaf Byrke boy prefended fo run over fhem The corner drugsfore' A fascunafung haven of sounds smells and fasfes dusflncfuve fo If alone gleaming wnfh silvery chrome and fhe deep black polish of clean fables' Marla confemplafed acres and acre of chrome plafed fuxfures duzzlung ln fhe sun and was spellbound by fhe dufferenf colors fhaf could come ouf of each Red orange yellow green brown black and clear bubbly almosf every color of fhe rainbow If seemed' The remainder of fhe sfore was puled hugh lake luffle mounds wufh fransparenf cases of candy bernbboned boxes long brown cigars packs of cngareffes wonderful cos mefucs foofhpasfe and brushes lnned up lxke mock solduers un row affer row In fhe darkesf corner spread fhe mysferuous drug counfer from whuch came fhe horrible 97 , . I I I l ' . . . ' - I I i 5 1 I H V , n ' u is , S - f . C U l . I I I I T I I I I I T r . 7 I