Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Willard Intermediate High School, Berkeley VOL IV. MAY, 1918 No. 2 Little Red, White and Blue One early morning a stork flew over the top of the adobe house down on the border of Mexico. This little house was the home of a cap- tain in the army. The stork flew into the window and gently ' laid a tiny baby into the arms of the captain ' s wife. Every one at the fort rejoiced over this little baby. Even the Mexicans came from near- by plantations and brought the baby presents. This little baby was the only baby at the fort. They christened the infant Carn- arissa after its grandmother. They soon began to call it Narrissa for short. Narrissa lived at this fort till she was four years old. Then her father was ordered to a fort on an Indian reservation in North Dakota. Narrissa spent much of her time there play- ing with her dolls. She had many beautiful dolls but the dearest to her was her rag-dolly Katie. One afternoon Narrissa took Katie for a walk to the general ' s headquar- ters. He was holding a very im- portant meeting but he allowed her to come in. He held Katie on his lap and talked to her just as Narrissa did. This pleased the child very much. The next day when Narrissa was playing hide-and-seek with her In- dian friend Soapsuds, she hid her Katie in the mouth of the big can- non which was in the center of the fort. Her father soon came and took her with him up to the stables and poor Katie was forgotten. After a while she though of her dolly. The sun was setting. The band was playing the Star Spangled Ban- ner and they were just about to shoot off the cannon when Narrissa ran up to the general, stamped her foot and said, Don ' t you dare shoot my Katie! .. The general couldn ' t see the doll but when Narrissa show- ed him where it was he took it out of the big cannon and gave it to her. After a couple of months at the fort Narrissa ' s father was ordered once more back to civilization. There in the great city Narrissa seemed lost for she had no friends and no one spoke to her as they did at the fort. One day her mother took her down town to one of the big toy shops. Her father had said she might buy a toy. But when she went to the store instead of buying a toy, she bought an American flag. When she brought it home, her father was very glad to see this mark of patriotism in his little girl. Narrissa was then old enough to go to school. One afternoon when she was in school, the teacher asked the whole class to give a short story of their younger life and to tell in what kind of house they were born. When it was Narrissa ' s turn to recite she told them she didn ' t know but she would ask her mother that night when she went home. She found her mother very much interested in a book and she did not pay much attention to Narrissa when