Scranton Central HS December 1955 Yearbook (Scranton, PA) - Full Access

A TALL WORM TALE Kay O'Connor, '57 How two worm moved into the upper strata of oclety nee upon a time, a v •r long time ago, li\ing in a beautiful garden w re two worm., Martha and John. Th ) liv d in the nice t worm hole in the garden, and Martha kept it tid) and fr e from dirt. The two wer' \ •r · happy until omcthing happ •ned to disrupt their whole life. One da) while Martha wa: weeping- and .John \va. w rking in th garden. a nw senger deli' ered a note from a ~fi . ter oah. It tated that he \\ i. hed their pre enc on his boat immediatcl . John and fartha qui kl packed th ir thing · and left for the boat, for there wa a torm brewing in the Ea. t. Wh n th y arriv d at the boat, the rain had started to fall and th • night wa a. bla k at pitch. They crm' led up the gangplank and mad their way through a door big l'nough for an cl ·phant. Th · room wa. darker than th' night out ide. The · could tell that th re wer oth r creatur '. in the room, even though it wa dark. Ha\ ing ne,er been out– sid the garden b for'. th only living thing they kn w w re in ect . o naturally the · figured th room wa. full of other bug. . Martha whi per d that he hop d the orphan B etle children, who. par nt had b n natched b a hungt frog were safe and dry. Perhap. John had better go back and check on them. John a· un:d her that the other neighbor. would look after them. The next morning .1artha awoke to the patter of rain on the roof and the motion of the boat. he started to glance around the room, but uddenly she let out a blood urdling scream. At lea. t to a fellow worm it wa. bloodcurdling. ) John awoke with a tart. \ hen he got his . en • together, . he wa.. obbing her wormy DE ,EMBER, 19"5 little ey out. He looked around him only to find a terrifying ight. There w r huge furry bea t with b ady ye and harp teeth. The bea t , by th way, are what are b tter known to u as lion , tiger . hor e , dogs, cat , and other fur– bearing animal . John wa terrified. but he wor to protect Martha at all co t. . H reach d over and touched Martha who wa till cry– ing. He . aid comforting! · trying to ~ound aim "Don't worry, dear I'll protect you." h looked up at him with water· eye. and obbed, "They all have such beautiful fm coat . You worm you! You n ,. r buy me anything lik that." With that tat ment . he glanced at her dirty kin. The fir t thing John did aft r th water had ub id ·d and the tor had op •ned wa · to buy Martha a fur oat: in fa t he ven bought him elf on . They both felt o di - tingui hed that th y moved to th Hilt i trict. But that i n't all. Th even chang d their name. You probably know om of their d - scendant . Th name is · at rpil– lar." Ann Lamberti. '57 ROCKING Marian Folk '57 Tbe rocking chair told the story of his llfe. T HE old man at in the w ath r– beaten rocker rocking rocking uddenly he heard th tinkle of a bicycl bell. "H y g-et out of the wa ·!" "I b t I can beat you, andy!" " o you can't!" ''Y • I can!" "L t' race to the corn r." Meanwhil th rock r went back and forth ba k and forth ... Th r wa a low laugh in th di tance ... '·\ hat did you think of the alge– bra te t toda ?" 'Terribl !" ''Yeah '~a n't it? a , andra. I've b en meaning- to a k you. an you go to the concert with me aturday night?" 'I'd love to. I'll a k ~1other. H y! It' almo t four! We'd better hurry!" Th paint had long be n worn off the porch floor under th rocker but till the rocker continued rocking a it had for twenty-five ·ear . . . A baby wa cr ing in the distance. '' h! What a beautiful bah·! How old i he?" "Robert Junior thre month old. He ju t love to rid in hi can·iag and e all the people." ''He' th imag of hi father!" The rocker continued moving a little 10\ er now ... He heard a pleading \'oic say, ' Grandpa take me to the zoo. Plea · ?" "I'd lik to Bobby, but mayb we ought to a k Moth r fir t." '' he'll ay ye . I know." ''Very w II th n." Th rocking tilt continu d teadi– ly . . . uddenly the old man slump d forward. The rocking conti– nu d for a mom nt and then stopped. 17