Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-24

Over there is a nice shady tree
SAID one of the soldiers; we will carry
General Putnam there
The soldier pointed at me. General
Putnam wanted to get up and fight
again, but the soldiers said he was too
badly wounded"
"Oh, N.Y. said Mary, as her teacher
touched her on the arm, II had such a
funny Dream
After Mary had related her dream
the teacher and all the children
laughed.
MARGUERITE HALLECY,
Los Alamitos Orange county,. Lie
wellyn school, 5th grade; age 10 years.
Well, the American revolution is very
sad and too long to tell it to you in
full. You know that the American
revolution was between England and
America. America was ruled by Eng
land and she treated the people cruelty,
so we wanted freedom to rule our own
country. The English would not let
US do this, and so a great war fol-
lowed.
Many brave soldier died under me
and many a gun was fired through my
leaves. I remember one soldier as he
was dying. He said that he was glad
to die fighting for the freedom of our
country. He said that in heaven he
would know that we have our freedom
You ought to know of this man, for he
was Gen. Wolfe.
l will tell you another story much
different from this one.
/ guess you have heard the story of
Alice in Wonderland? Well, the
rabbit that was in the story had his
hole under me and under my roots. I
saw Alice when she went down there
following the rabbit. You know that
medicine that she drank was the sap
out of me. have heard and seen more
than 1 can tell you now.
Well, you wanted to hear about the
wild animals. There were many ami
mails, because the country was not
settled in the time that I was young.
l remember Of the snakes that were on
my branches. If they were hungry they
would swing down from the tree and
Irvine around their foe and choke them
to death Other animals of the forest
would come and stay under my
branches.
Many traveller rested in my shade
while he was searching for gold and
other things.
Best of all, there were chattering
monkeys that swung by their tails from
branch to branch and from one tree
to another.
Mary, Mary; why are you asleep
on rainy days most all of the tome?"
Mary got up and rubbed her eyes. As
she looked around she saw that school
had just been dismissed and no one but
Jessie was waiting for her.
The rain had ceased now, and the
girls hurried home, but Mary was going
to tell what she had heard the desk
say to her teacher on the morrow.
BERTHA WOOD.
Belvedere school, seventh grade. Age
II years. IT'S North Rowan avenue.
The desk was glad to tell its ex-
periences to Mary.
Il grew in the pine forest of Maine.
When was abouts7 years old saw
battle that 1 will never forget. One
fine morning a COW moose and her baby
moose came up, and the baby moose lay
down, all tired out. The mother moose
tried to get the baby moose to get up
and go on, but in vain; he would not
move. In a little while the father
moose came running up as fast as he
could. He put his head to the baby
moose and then to the mother moose,
who came forward with the father
moose. Along came a pack of big
wolves as fast as they could gallon.
Then the moose moved. and two more
father moose came up. They put their
heads down and lifted up their tails and
fought till at last they overpowered the
wolves Half of the wolves were dead,
Wnle the moose were Dle0Q1ng very
badly.
All this time they kept the baby
moose in between them while they
formed a circle around him and would
not let the wolves get where the baby
moose was.
I can remember the first white man
1 have seen. 1t was your great-great-
grandfather. What" said Mary. my
grandfather Yes said the desk.
II also saw many Indian battles and
wild animal battles. 1t is time for the
children to go home now, but 1 will tell
you some more about it tomorrow
Mary woke up and found that she
was dreaming.
HOLSTER TARN.
Fifth Street school, fifth grade. Age
II years. San Pedro.
"WeH" said the desk, "a long time
ago, when the war had been going on
for four years, a company of American
soldiers camped under me.
"The general was a tall man, who
treated his soldiers kindly. But one