Walt Whitman Junior High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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I zjggi, jfs?- 6 4, it 1' asnt ,,y EEL, A V J ff i ! .,, I, eggff 33 L tis! .iiip ::QIL', gL,,, f 2 1 - ' Q if 'G , , gi , l qv ,gf : . i 2? :3 Si V 6 ,fa if, gg, X Y -Q' ff .f ' , fir ' OTTO u This may sound strange, but this is a story of UOtto the Intelligent Swordtail.H The place is an aqua- rium in Mr. Banks' Fish Mart. Mr, Banks, an elderly gentleman who has seen his best years, is now doing his daily chores which include the feeding of the inhabitants of his fourteen tanks and other duties, I think the story about Otto would have gone something like this: 5 stream of bubbles arose from behlnd a rock. Not alarmed at all, Joe CMr. Banksl said, NA1l right Otto! Chow timeln Out from behind a rock swam a Swall SW0Idtai1. Suddenly the tish's mouth opened and a long line of bubbles met the surface, they began to create words. Finally joe deciphered what the fish was saying, nThank You, joe,H was his delayed answer. Without warning Otto darted back behind the rock. He had heard a customer come in. Mr. Banks, who was hard of hearing, had not. The customer, a real fish fancien exclaimed, HI want that fish you just fed.U Mr. Banks said, HI'm sorry. That fish isn't for sale.N Ulf you want my business, you give me that fish now,H said the man. . HAll right! All right! I'l1 give it to you.H Joe picked up the net that poor Otto detested, and proceeded to transfer Otto into a small plastic bag half filled with water. The customer completed the transaction and handed the fish to a small boy. In the ride home the small boy jugg- led Otto until Otto felt seasick from all the action. The arrogant customer, Mr. Lambfft was asked by his GQUa11Y arrogant son James if he could put the DSW fish in their twenty gallon tank, His father consented, and the b0Y ran into the house. AS he Sklmmed into the living room, he strode over to the aquarium and rough1Y Poufed poor orto into the tank.. Here Otto met some more typeS of flsh than he had ever seen before. Though pretty, Otto began to be a pest. He chased guppies all over the tank, and constantly Jumped. clear out of the uncovered aqarium. This humiliated Mr. Lambert and his son wept when Otto was taken back to Mr. Banks' Fish Mart. However, there was no weeping in the fish mart. Mr. Banks was quite overjoyed. what happened to Otto? They say he lived to a ripe old agef--and continued to amuse Joe until his death. Andrew Weiss 39

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f 8 x X 1 S ' fl' A 'fiyg' f . lxxxj YQQE Worr , , . Fave, HBRCULES This is a story about a dog, my dog. He was a wonderful dog. He saved my life, you see...! It was in July 1861. The Civil War had just started and I had en- listed in the Union Army. At the time I possessed an enormous box- dog named UHercules.U I had left him in the care of one of my neigh- bors, but he soon gotraway. He came to our camp at the arsenal ted him to stay with me provided he didn't get in the way. Hercules soon became the company mascot, and was loved by all. At night, the only free time we had, he was the main attraction with the tricks and stunts I had taught him. X 1 One day we were told that we were X going to attack a Confederate regi- o ment at dawn. I tied Hercules to a pole and told a soldier friend who was left behind for some reason, to keep an eye on him. south of town where the C.O. permit- X In the heart of the battle when swords were bloodstained and rifles had round their mark, I saw out of the corner of my eye a brownish streak. I then heard a growl. I turned and there it was: Hercules and a gray coat in a death struggle. The tight ended disastrously for both man and dog. I learned later that Hercules who had chewed his rop loose, had attacked the enemy soldier to save my life. The rebel was about to strike me with his saber when Her- cules came to the rescue. Q A -' X .g' ,f args Steven Cohen , ' 5-44 f l Ng- ii-S3 f ! .QX g xy 'f , ,xr ssxux 9' 1' . .. .s. ' S .. ' - Y N 1,7- 45 1 Q,- ft' ,!W:'.Qa x. l , 1 p -. , V - , ' p 'ST,joT! E , - - ' .fgi ' - , V W A' . ,, ' ' 7'--'-4- 7 9'::fY ,X N Q. h H rp, ...,.,,. g3 gl Fava - fs s 4 as 1 Xt if-' C . ' ' I N . ' Q x . ,1 1 I -ge 1 j -'T , tv' ' I 1 ,asia V' -H '--'Y' -X 38

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gf THE BEARS It all started when we were camp ing out in the wilderness of a nat ional park. We had made our camp and were walking about looking for excitement. We were quickly satis- fied when two black bears, huge in size made their appearance. At first. we thought we should run for our lives, but when the queer-look- ing animals started playing tricks, we changed our minds. We soon caught on. They were begging for a bite to eat. 1 Elr In no time we were fast friends. We obliged our visitors by serving them honey and crackers which we had prepared for the cook-out. The bears were satisfied and we bid them good-by. That night, while we were asleep, our rations were stolen. There was no trace of the culprits. We thought of the bears but we could not be too sure. ,, , f iff- .IO r j ...fi 9? STJCT? Cf'mg -i 40 That night we agreed It was to set up a trap of honey and crackers. hind a tree waiting for ers. Finally we heard c on a plan. with a jar We hid be- the intrud- rackling in the underbrush. There, true to form were the bears. But to our surprise with them was a huge jackal which they already snared into our trap. We were delighted with the catch for,as you know, the jackal is one of the most dangerous animals of the wilderness. the bears with more crackers, they re- the jackal. We rewarded honey and more warded us with Harry Hill