Wilmington High School - Mirror Yearbook (Wilmington, VT)

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I have lived in this worfd just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most certain of the first time.

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WHY NOBODY PETS THE LION AT THE ZOO John Ciardi The morning that the world began The Lion growled a growl at lVlan. And I suppose the Lion might Clf he'd been closer? have tried a bite. I think that's as it ought to be And not as it was taught to me. I think the Lion has a right To growl a growl and bite a bite. And it the Lion bothered Adam, He should have growled right back at 'im. The way to treat a Lion right Is growl for growl and bite for bite. True, the Lion is better fit For biting than for being bit. But if you look him in the eye You'Il find the Lion's rather shy. He really wants someone to pet him. The trouble is: his teeth won't let him. He has a heart of gold beneath But the Lion just can't trust his teeth.

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THE REASON FOR THE PELICAN John Ciardi The reason for the pelican ls difficult to see: His beak is clearly larger Than there's any need to be. lt's not to bail a boat with- He doesn't own a boat. Yet everywhere he takes himself He has that beak to tote. lt's not to keep his wife in- His wife has got one, too. lt's not a scoop for eating soup. lt's not an extra shoe. It isn't quite for anything. And yet you realize lt's really quite a splendid beak In quite a splendid size. at ,F