Wells River High School - Chatterbox Yearbook (Wells River, VT)

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did no good for day after day Jacob went on, being curious about things. One day Jacob began wondering where the sun went when it set. He wondered and wondered and finally when no one saw him he started out to find out about it, lie swam and he swam until he thought he must be at the place where the sun disappeared into the sea. So he stopped and waited but when the sun set it seemed just as far ahead ot him as it had at home. Now Jacob was not the kind to give up easily so he kept on. After awhile he began to think he should go home but when he turned around and tried to find his way, he found he was lost. When Jacob’s mother found that her little son was gone she called to her husband who in turn called to many other seals and a great search began. They searched and they searched and finally one day someone found poor, little Jacob on a cake of ice, very cold, hungry and afraid. hen his mother reached him she spanked him soundly anl took him home. After that narrow escape, for many days it seemed as if Jacob had been cured of his habit of being curious, lie was content to stay at home with his father and mother. Every- thing went well until one day he began to wonder again about different things. lie wondered where the wind went when it blew, where all the water in the sea came from and above all, he still wondered about where the sun went when it set. One day he started out again, resolved to find out about a lot of things and as he had grown quite big by this time, he was no longer afraid. He swam and he swam, getting farther and farther away from home. This time, just as before, he could not find where the sun went when it set, or where the sea water came from, or where the wind went when it blew. When his parents found he was gone once more they start- ed to look for him. They searched and they -searched but they could not find Jacob anywhere. And do you know why? It was because one day Jacob had seen a ship far in the distance. He began to wonder about it so he went to look around. He reached the ship but, alas, he soon wished he had never seen 12

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By this time Mr. Fitzbald was attracting much attention and everybody was wondering about the cause for his search. Mr. Fitzbald stuck his head under his seat, looking for “it” and in doing so, hit his head on the knee of an Italian seated in front of him and knocked off his hat and wig. The Italian got to his feet and yelled, “Who do you think you’re hitting?” Mi . Fitzbald didn’t say a word, but just shrank hack in his seat and proceeded to go through his pockets again. The Italian, thinking Mr. Fitzbald was deaf and dumb, sat back in his seat and commenced to watch Jeremiah. After five minutes of frantic searching, Mr. Fitzbald gave up and continued to read the “Boston Post.” By this time the conductor was wondering if Jeremiah was all right, so he said politely, “May I inquire what you have lost?” Mr. Fitzbald didn’t say a word. “I 11 try again, maybe he didn’t hear,” thought the anx- ious conductor. Repeating the question and receiving no an- swer, he gave up and went back to his work. All at once, Mr. Fitzbald jumped up and shouted joyfully, “Yippee! I know where they are, on the breakfast table, wrapped in my napkin.” “May I inquire what?” asked the conductor. “My false teeth,” answered Mr. Fitzbald. CURIOSITY Once upon a time many, many years ago, in a far-away land there lived a baby seal. This land was very cold and there was snow and ice all the time. The little seal, whose name was Jacob, lived in this cold land with his father and his mother and many other seals. Now unlike most seals, Jacob was very curious. He was always wondering about things and he liked to try to find out about interesting or strange things. Of course Jacob’s mother did not like to have her little son get into danger so she tried to teach him not to be too curious. But try as she might, it 11

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it. A few months later Jacob appeared in a store window in a large city in the form of a sealskin coat with a big tag saving “$350.” So you see what became of poor, little Jacob just because he was too curious. —George Downing ’41 HOW PERCY OWL WON THE RACE The air was ringing with the songs of various birds as they woke from their long night’s sleep. The loudest of these was the policeman’s, Jack Blue Jay, who went about from nest to nest screeching as loud as he could about the races to be held at three-thirty that afternoon. All of the 'birds stopped singing at once and listened to Jack Jay because they all were very excited. Even Mrs. Charles Sparrow came close to dropping the angle worm over the edge of the nest instead of into the baby’s mouth. When Jack Jay made his rounds all of the birds went quickly to work so as to be able to go to the races in the after- noon. All entries had to be in by twelve-thirty and Percy Owl was the first to enter. Many others entered and by two-thirty there were twenty-five enlisted. Three-thirty finally came and the sound of the pistol rang through the air and the birds started out on the five hundred yard dash. As it happened all of the blue jays, owls, and other birds were raced in classified groups. When they started Percy felt very sleepy but the sound of the gun brought him to his senses. Cheers arose from the crowd but not for Percy as he was at the end. Now as it happened Jack Jay had bet Timy Chickadee his Sunday dinner that Percy Owl would win the race. Jack Jay turned around and who should he see but Clar- ence Porcupine. Clarence sat down on a rock and said, “Do you know what is making Percy so slow?” “No, what is it,” said Jack Jay. “He is very sleepy as it is in the day time but I think I can fix that. You must stand out of the way while I do some- 13