Winchester School - Oui Dire Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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OUI- DIRE 79 They Hew from branch to branch uttering piti- ful cries. You see Tommy could not tly to his nest. But instead of doing what they thought the boy was going to do, he put the bird in his pocket, climbed up the tree and put Tommy Twit in his nest. Tommy was glad to see his brothers and sisters again, and as for the mother and father they were so happy they began to sing a song. The family of bluebirds lived happily ever after that experience. M. R. C. '22. I AM A BIRD. My colors are black, white, and very pale yel- low, while my mate is brown. I live in a mea- dow and my nest is built in rich green grass. My mate lays four to six eggs which are colored with big blotches. In the fall I fly down south to Brazil, coming back in the spring. I pass rice fields and corn fields. All my song is, Bobolink, Bobolink, spink spank spinkf' M. A. McC. 'z2. WHAT BIRD AM I? I am an inch shorter than the robin. My color is the color of the slate on the roof of our house. My song is sung by one of the pets in the house. My friend, the robin, has a red breast, while I have red under my tail, but you can only see it when I am in a tree, and you are standing on the ground. I am very dainty because I manicure my claws. My nest is very big. I have another song also, Prutl Prutl coquillicot. Really, really coquillicotl Hey coquillicotl Hey victory! S. M. '22, WHO AM I? I have a black throat, a green, yellow and blue tail, yellow and green wings, a white and blue head, and a yellow bill. I build my nest in dense thickets. It is not very easily found. My eggs are of a grayish color with brown and lilac spots of different shades on them, My nest is made of twigs and rootlets. I am seen very much in Texas. I have a good many friends there. Green lay. Ix. C. '22. WHAT BIRD IS THIS? I have an orange breast and a black head. My wings are black striped with white. I get into noisy quarrels, for my temper is quite as Fiery as my coat. My song is almost tiresome before my mate comes. The nest hangs from the branch of some tree. lt is made out of thread and string, woven in with bits of shredded milk weed. I eat a number of grubs, worms. caterpillars and even cocoons. My mate has from four to six eggs scrawlcd over with dark brown marks. Baltimore tlriole. li. I. XY. 22. A FAMILY OF WHITE-WINGED CROSS- BILLS. Mr. and Mrs. Crossbill have returned from their winter home. Mr. Crossbill has a pink coat and Mrs. Crossbill has a yellowish dress. They built a nest in the willow tree in our yard. XYhen I saw them building, I put some straw and string for them to build with. After they were all settled, mother had a tub put in the garden for them to bathe in. livery morn- ing they would take a bath and then have their breakfast. One night a storm arose and I saw it coming up, so I went out to see if the nest was tight enough in the tree so that the wind would not knock it down. XYhen I woke up in the morning I saw that a sparrow's nest had been knocked out of a tree, but all of the birds had gone away. The Cross- hill's home was quite safe. Une day the father and mother bird were teaching the little ones how to Hy, They learned very quickly, XYhen they were able to tly, the birds moved to another place and that was the last I saw of Mr. and Mrs. Crossbill and their family. xi. s ic 23. MY DOLL. I have a doll I like very much. She is three years old and has had a great many baths, some- times in the bath-tub or else in the wash-basin. I have even washed her hair. lfler wig has come ol? and she is bald-headed. Irler name is Frances Rocely. She has brown eyes and hair. Ifler cheeks grew pale, so I brightened them up with Mother's nail polish. Sometimes she is married, sometimes she is a little girl. She often goes to bed with me at night. I H v . ,R TWO LITTLE BIRDS. One day while I was playing in the garden, I saw two little birds sitting on some telephone wires. All of a sudden I saw them turn towards

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78 OUT- DIRE Mr. and Mrs. Meadowlark were kept busy feeding their babies. After a while they thought that Tommy, Tr., the oldest baby, was old enough to learn to flvi Tommy was a stubborn little fel- low. and his- father had to scold him before he would even try. Xthen he did learn, he was al- ways fussing with Sammy Vlay. The other two children learned very quickly. Une day Tommy said. HLPUITIC' on, Twitt, t for that was his hrother's namel. let's see who can Hy the farthest. Their little brother heard them, and wanted to try too. Poor Twitt got excited and fell right into the nest of Hr. Sparrow. Mr. Sparrow did not like that :md peeked at him and pulled his feathers out. Then Klrs. Sparrow came and they fought with him until he fell to the ground. He lay there till a little girl found him. She took him home, but he died the next night. Then a naughty little boy catne and killed llrs. Sparrow with his bean shooter, but Tommy, -lr. and Klr. Meadowlark and the baby lived happily through the summer. l.. G. P. '22, A BLUEBIRD. l have been gone many. many weeks, but now l have come back to the country. Xye found a beautiful meadow. .-Xll around there were bushes. To one side there were trees, in a wheat field, a little older than the first crop. Une tree was a fine place fora nest. My mate was hunting in some other place. so f sang tny little song which sounded like 21 sweet warble. Then I saw her blue back and tan breast, coming out of the woods. Xyhen she came T started pecking the tree. She fiew away to find some soft grass to put in the bottom of the nest. Vie found some nests in one tree. The grass in the meadow had been cut, so we brought it back to the nest. lly that time, l had bored a large hole in the stump, Xyhen the nest was finished, my mate laid four pale blue eggs in the nest. Une day we saw the hunter. l scrambled head first into the hole. so the hunter did not get us. After sitting on the eggs for three weeks they cracked and out came some featherless little birds. Now l brought worms for they could eat as many as l would give them. ln a few days they got some pretty feathers like ours. They were growing old. Now after some lessons we fiew south, KIT. fi. lf. l22. THE OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN. The sun was shining bright one May morning in the old-fashioned garden. and the fiowers were making their early bow to each other. The state- ly queen, the hollyhock. was first to awaken. Minnie Mignonette, Natalie Nasturtium, and Polly Peony were the Queens favorite maids. therefore they stood nearest her. If lazy Poppy and Sweet Pea slept late, the Queens pretty maids would waken them. The velvety pansy sisters were the princesses. Their names we1'e Priscilla and Pauline Pansy. Priscilla was the older of the two. Susie Snow- drop was Priscilla's playmate and Betty Butter- cup was Pauline's. The messenger of the palace was Robin-red- breast. Priscilla and Pauline gave a party. They in- vited Susie Snowdrop, Betty Buttercup, Mar- garet Magnolia. Laura Lily, Alice Aster and Rob- ert and Rachel Rose. They had a fine 'timeg they had luncheon outside under the large, shady trees on a long bench: they had dew drops and sun- shine. just as they were eating, a carriage went by and it stopped in front of the palace. Pauline went down to see who it was. It was Dorothy Daffodil and her cousins, Tommy Tulip and Clara Crocus. They had some refreshments with the others. The sun was just setting in the west, when the fiower girls said Good Night. II. F. '22. A FAMILY OF BLUEBIRDS. Une day father bluebird sang to his mate. Tree-al-ly, tree-al-ly, which means, Come and hunt for some food for our babies. After they had gone, one of their mischievous little birds. Tommy, heard a noise and looked over the nest, but he could not see. One of his sisters, Twittie, told him not to look over the nest because he would fall out, but he would do it. :Xt last Twit- tie gave up arguing with him and out of the nest fell Tommy Twit. Tommy could not Hy so he had to stay there. The noise that he heard was a frog trying to sing. XYhen the frog saw what happened he said. Let us have a yelling contest, and they did. Guess who won? Oh, I might as well tell you. The bird did. Xyhile they were yelling a very near neighbor of Mr. and Mrs. llluebird heard this sound and fiew down to see what was the matter. XYheu she saw the condi- tion of things she flew after Tommy Twit's par- ents. XYhen Mr. and Hrs. Bluebird reached home they were very discouraged, and did not know what to do. -Tust then a boy was coming down the street. The mother and father were very frightened when they saw him coming. N

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So OUI-DIRE 1-111511 Ullltl' 111111 they l1111'1ke1l as if they 1vere talk- THE FARM. ing, then they 11111 their heads 11n1lcr tl1ei1' wings, 111111 Ill-191' 11whi11- they l1e1v ll1Y1ly. Then they canie llltfli 111111 went into ll l.1ir1l h1Q111se, then they 111111111 L'1JlllC 1,1111 a111l 111111 their heads at e11cl1 111111-r. 1. Klee. 33. MY DOG. l l1llYC ll little dog, l1is llll1'llC is Sunny. 11'hen 1 c111ne 111111111 111 11re:1kt11st, 111 is generally bark- ing 1111tsi11e. 11111011 I get Illy l1at Zlllll coat Oll to Ctllllk' to scl11.11.11, l1e 11l11'11ys 11lll'liS Elllfl jtnnps up 1111 ll1C,lI1'CZl1l9L'1lC 11'1111ts to conie to sc11ool. 11'l1e11 1 go 11.1 get llly skates, l1e tries to lick 111y face. hXillL'll l go 11111111 111 g'ylllllllSlLl1'll 111111 over to li1'll1'lIllllIl'S, l1e is always waiting for 111e. He al- ways XYIlllls 111 CUIIIC 11111111 111 s1'111'11'11 tor 111e 111111 Q11 eve1'y1vl1ere l go, llc likes Clllllly and always wants ll piece. Une Sllllllllj' AIHIIICI' was stztnding talking 111 tl1e gate, when Sunny ran after 1111 l1LlIOlllO1JllL and got l1is paw hurt, 11111 it was 1111 right i11 il Iew days. S l 11 72 ONE DAY IN WINTER. Une tllly 111 winter when the snow was on tl1e g'l't1llIltl, llly little l.I'lQI'ltlS and 1111' sister llltltlgllf we 11'1i111l1l niake ll snow 1111111. lfirst we lllllillf Il little l'I1llll1l 111111, then we r111le1l t11e hall along t11e gr1'111111l 1111til it was LL large 111111 111111 tl1is was 11is head. 'lihen we got s111ne thorns for his eyes lllltl nose. 511.11111 we 1n1111e 1111111111-1' large hall for l1is Sllflllllfll, tl1en we n1111le l1is legs Zllltl 1ll'lllF- 11111 111 SlllIXV, and put lll 1115 1111111111 ll pipe. Un his he1111 we put an 11111 hat 1.11 lllj' sister's. The next 41211 w11e11 I 11'111ke11 11111 111 the wi111l11w 111 11111 I l R, was 1111 1111' 1 . 1 n A DUMP IN A PONY CART. ' 1 was w1tl1 Klother Sllltl .Xunt Nelly in 111111- 1re1ls pony cart, 111111 his 1111111' 1lIlll1Cll liClll.llY 11e were gmng Ill see ht111' Il I111'l1'-Z11'l'1' l1el1l of 1'11rn was getting 1111: :11111 as we went along we saw NUIIIC lJlllClilDL'l'l'lCh. XYe picked 111111111 11 :11111 ll half llIlNliClS full. I1illL'll we were going 11111, iust as llea IIC HIV l'CZl1'l1Cfl the 1'11:11l, we 1vent intoia ditch 111111 the cart, l1l11ck11err1es, 111111 C1'C1'1'l.lllllL were tlIllllIJC1l, I lf l.JlllQ the pony, ll. li. 13. '23, XYe have Zl farm 1101 far away from Pittsburgh. It is Ll very pretty place, and it has a lovely look- o11t from every side: on one side it has a wood, 1111 tl1e other side it l1as gardens of Howers. 1Ve have lovely ponies. 'NYC have 0116 I like to ride U11 hest, That pony's 11an1e is John. He is a hlack and white o11e. Once I sat too far 011 l1i111 a11d l1e kicked up, but I did not fall off. tlne day when it XVZIS ti111e to bring the hay to the barn, n1y 11iece a11d nephew rode to the tielcl 1vitl1 the H1611 and when they l1ad cut all the hay 1lown an1l put it into tl1e wagon, we got O11 tl1e hay wagon Elllfl rode l1o111e. By this time it 1vas growing d11rk a11d we 1ve11t in for dinner. M. T. 123. TWO BIRDS. Yesterday wl1e11 I 1vas looking o11t of tl1e dining rooin 11'indow, I saw two birds O11 tl1e grotind. I did 11ot know what ki11d ot birds they were, 11111 I watched tl1e111 for a while. T111-y were l11'11w11 spotted with black. I could not sec tl1e breast of o11e. I s111v the other one's l1r1-ast. It was yellow spotted with black a11d illltl l1e had il black 1l'l2ll'li across his breast. His beak was IOllg. After Il while one of the birds tlew away. When she Hew I could see white on the edges of l1er tail, I did not see where she Then I w11tche1l tl1e other one. It soo11 be- to rain a little and l1e new away too. I dew. gan - c111111l not see where l1e Hew. I did 1lOt see them again. N. L. S. '23. A MEADOW LARK. Une day XYllL'll I was playing, I heard a bird singing. I looke1l flllll looke1l. hut still I co11ld llllf see l1in1. 'lll'lL'll I looked 1.113 i11 a tree a11d just 111e11 l1e Hew into Il lield. Catherine and I went over to lUOli at hin1. He l1ad a yellow l1l'L'IlSI 1vitl1 11 hlaek niark just below l1is throat, 111111 he 111111 a IJYOXYII tail with a strip of white on it. Mrs. Ilrooks was walking down street, 111111 she told 11s wl1at it 1vas. Every 11lOl'l'liI1g 111111' hc lights o11 one of the trees 211111 sings for us. hIOlltl11y I heard llllll an1l his mate singing hack and forth to eacl1 other for a long while. G. C. '23. MY .EASTER VACATION. ln 111y Easter vacation I went to Virginia to 1'1s1t llly brother. I-le raises l1orses. It was N