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LAUGHTER
A laugh is ju~st like music,
lst Prize Junior Poetry SOUNDS OF NATURE
When shades of night are falling, When the day is done,
Come with me to the meadow, Beyond the old mill-run •
There in sweet contentment, Where shy little violets grow,
Listen to Nature's children, Sing out their evening show.
The frogs chug from the marshes,
From the cedars the mocking-birds trill,
And far away near the river,
Comes the song of the whip-poor-will.
The blue jay screeches a warning,
That the night hawk is seeking his prey,
Then, the long wild laugh of the loon, Echoes across the bay.
The creek resounds with its music, As it trickles o're rock an.d rill.
The curtain of night descends o'er all, 'Tis over and all is still.
Carol Malcolm XE
3rd Prize Junior Poetry IF ONLY
If only I were rich, Instead of being poor;
If only I were interesting,
Instead of ju·st a 1:56're.- ~ ~ ~ -A
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The soul grows g.l-6'd,that hears it, •
and fee Is' jts cou 9ge strong. A laugh is ju'St li. e sunshine,
for cheering folks along. Janie Ferguson XE
The Smith family went for a day's outing to the cave of echoes. When they reached home, Mr Smith noticed
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that Sue wasn t there. "Do you know where Sue Is?" he
asked his wife, "Oh, I suppose she's trying to have the last word," she replied.
Girls I Bewarel--a woman spends the first part of her life looking for a husband and the last part wondering where he Is.
Sign In the Office: Don't talk too loud. You might awaken the secretaries!
THE SKIERS
When the snow falls from the sky; You will find them by and by, The skiers on a mountain high.
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They'll climb the hill,
And ski with ski II;
And hardly ever take a spi II.
*** Up on the tow;
Then down they'll go, Side to side, to and fro.
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Through the woods and down the hollow, One by one the skiers follow;
Bending, swooping, like a swallow.
*** The day is done, The race is won;
And now the evening has begun. Charles Vander Neut
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If only at exam time, ,
My marks would:~l excel
If only I ~ould" just su.tceed, In doing som~tgJng'f'rII-
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If only peopt-e-, wou cf accept me,
Just the way I am;
Even though I som~tifnesknow, I'm really just a ham-
If I could start my life again, What changes I would make; One thing I know I'd like to do- Is learn to give and take.
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