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INTERMEDIATE I
AN EXCITING DAY Soon the stair is gone and then a wall. They even wash each other.
T h en ju st a stum p is left A great big blackbird comes along.
One day I was with my sister. I was A nd the bare ground cries. And throws them in the gutter.
coining home from school. I got up
to the doorstep and I saw a mouse. I Lauren Brown Howie Grace
scream ed a n d so did my sister. We
both held each other. We were very HALLOWEEN
scared. O ur m aid heard us and came
out w ith a fly sw atter an d scared him AUTUMN
in the bushes and we never saw him
again. One Halloween I saw an Egyptian As the leaves begin to turn colors, the
queen. And begin to glide down from the
Debbie Shaw
A nother Halloween I got a jelly bean. trees,
WEE LITTLE ME A nother Halloween I saw an awful
And they look like feathers in
W ee little me was walking in the gar witch. breeze,
den. A nother Halloween she got an awful
W e know th a t this is autum n.
W hen a big, big bumble bee buzzed itch.
at me. Another Halloween I heard a black' W hen the trees lift their arms into
the wind,
T hen he said, “ I beg your pardon.” cat (O h no, excuse m e; it was a
H e said he was sorry to wee little me. tiny rat!) O r bow down to the great world in
A nother Halloween there was an aw autum n,
We had fun, playing there in the gar ful ghost.
den, A nother H allow een he always liked And as we look down to the ground.
to boast. W e see a blanket of feathers,
U ntil it was late and he had to go T h a t has fallen from the sky.
home. Jeff Anderson
Again he said, “I beg your pardon.” FINGAL As the wind howls with anger,
He promised to bring me a honey And then with rage,
I have a boat called the Fingal. It And the trees look as if they would
comb. is 46 feet long, an d it weighs 15 tons.
K itty Humpstone It has a dink called “Rainy Day,” run away,
w hich is 10 feet long and weighs 10 If God had not p u t them deep in
7 D O N ’T K N O W A N Y T H I N G pounds.
soil.
W hen a leaf falls it falls from a tree, Inside the boat is a gas lan tern
Anyone knows it but what about me? w hich is quite lovely a t night. W e W hen all the leaves have fallen.
I d o n ’t know anything, I d o n ’t know use it when we go away on the Fingal. T he wind still keeps on blowing.
F or this new' season is w inter,
why. We have four bunks on the Fingal, A nd a u tu m n has passed and is gone.
I never will know anything until I a sleeping bag and a m attress. It is
quite h ard to sleep on the floor as it is Philip James
die. very cold.
M ia Prior A N E L F ’S P AL A C E
We have two masts on the boat,
SAND one on the bow th a t is 82 feet high I know a place th a t’s decked w ith
an d a small one th a t is 20 feet high. gold.
Sand an am ber color So th a t’s all a bout the F ingal our
Black dot lying on its am ber coat. But it’s a secret not to be told.
W hen you put your feet in it, it boat. Will you come to this place with me?
T hor Paulsen T h ere are some things you’ll like to
forms a clear thin sheet over your
toes. THE BIRD BATH see.
Build a castle out of sand by the sea I think a dress of blue,
W inding stair and all. I usually fill the birdbaths, take their Will look quite nice on you.
W atch the w ater take it away, bit by wash and But th e re ’s a bridge you’ll have to
bit. And clean them every day.
T he birds all come and cross
So be careful of the slippery moss.
baths,
A nd then they fly away. Leslea Keevil
The blue jays come and
wash.
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