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It emerged a graceful figure walking at the foot
of the gleaming pool.
Then we saw a cheetah, the fastest animal
in the world, come out of the bushes and run
at the game warden. I was terrified, but the warden
luckily scared the animal off.
As we were touring through the thickest part
of the Park, we saw a gigantic elephant tear up
a tree in anger and it sounded as if the world
had been shaken. Luckily it moved off into the
bush.
On our last night at the Park I had an adventure
of my own. I was taking a stroll t1uough
tbe park where the hyena lived when suddenly it
leaped out of the bush and came towards me. I
calJed for help, but when none came I thought it
best to climb the nearest tree.
After a while the hyena slunk away and as I
got down I could hear it laughing and calling to
the rest of the pack. Wbat an exciting way to end
my visit to the game reserve.
D. CHArT.
BIRDS
From the Eagle strong and rrughty,
Down to tbe Robin chirping brigbtly ;
All the birds of the sky flock together,
All the birds of every feather.
They fly right up to the blue above,
Chirping and singing
As they go winging,
Up to the clouds above.
Now they are swooping .Iowover trees,
Then they go flying through the heavens
with ease.
O. BLUMBERG.
'N BESOEK AAN 'N PLAAS
Op 'n Woensdag bet my ma en pa gesê dat ons
'n brief van oupa en ouma ontvang het. Hulle het
gevra dat ons hul plaas in die Transvaal moet kom
besoek. Na aIJes gereed was, het ons vroeg een
oggend in die motor geklim, op ons pad Transvaal
toe.
Ons het in Pretoria gestop en by 'n groot winkel
ingestap. Ons bet geskenke vir oupa en ouma
gekoop. Toe het ons weer in die motor geklim
en na die plaas gery.
Toe ons daar aangekom het, het ons oupa en
ouma die presente gegee. Ons het toe uitgegaan
en die melkkamer deurgekyk. Ons het 'n klein
seun met 'n emmer vol melk in sy hand gesien_
Hy het gesê dat hy die groot koei gemelk het.
Later het ons na die ou windpomp gegaan.
Oupa het gesê dat die windpomp water in die
dammetjie pomp. Ons het ook na die koringlande
en mielielande gestap en gesien hoe die
trekkers werk.
Na 'n aangename vakansie op die plaas moes
ons weer terug dorp toe.
A. HENDRIKSE.
STANDARD 38
I am a little Canadian boy. I am ten years
old. My name is Paul. My parents and my three
sisters have been captured by the Germans. I
am living in a little ruin in the woods. It is ten
miles away from the German concentration camp.
One dark and misty night I decided to free my
family. It was about nine o'clock and I decided to
enter at twelve o'clock. During the three bours
I would get everytbing set for the escape outside
the concentration camp. Before I could move a
muscle, I was surrounded by German guards.
They took me inside the concentration camp. In
the morning all I got for breakfast was a small
portion of water and a slice of stale bread.
As soon as I could move, I found my parents
and my tl1ree sisters. That nigbt we got together
and made plans for our escape. The next morning
we got the same breakfast as we had the morning
before. That nigbt my family and I got together.
My father told my mother to keep my sisters
calm, while my father and I crept up and knocked
out five officers using judo and making one feel
drowsy. We asked him wbat the pass-word was
and he said it was "Himmel". We knocked b.im
out and quickly ran back to my mother and sisters.
Luckily my mother and sisters had short bair,
which made them look like boys. We quickly
cbanged into the officers' uniforms.
We walked past the entrance-gate and as soon
as we were out of sigbt, we ran for our lives. As
soon as we reached freedom we made plans to
leave the country.
P. KATZ.
OUR TRIP
TO HERMANUS
One day my father told us that we were going
to Hermanus with some friends for the September
holidays.
On the Saturday after we broke up, we left.
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