June 1940 School Magazine

June, 1940

Brisbane G:irls' G:rammar School Magazine

June, 1940

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

Another sound from near the door, A crash, oh, his wife's best jar; He'd have to put an end to this, It real!y was going too far.

So strongly he brought the poker down, Where he thought the man would be·, But nothing he touched, so on went the light, But no burglar, alas, could he see . But there near the door, eating a fish, Was Sammy, his wife's black cat, And scattered around him, on the floor, W•ere fish-bones, crumbs and a rat.

And out the back-door went the cat, Bones and rat and all, And back to bed our "hero" crept, Feeling, oh!, horribly small.

- BETTY TAYLOR, Form III.C.

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JOY ALAND, VI.

THE HERO He'd long been in bed, but he couldn't sleep, He'd counted sheep by the score; When he suddenly heard a frightening sound, The creak of the d ining-room door! "A burglar" he thought, as he slipped out of bed, And groped for his slippers and gown; ' 'I'll teach him a le·sson he'll never forget, I'll make him flee from this town ." His slipper's too light, what else could he use ! The poker so hard and round! And he gripped it tight, as he crept down the stairs , And made not the sligh test sound . 28

ll . LEAVER, Ill.C.

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