Show v v SCHOOL NOTES A PINKY THE TAE RUNAWAY Hamster little monster or little pig Pinky Ephraim Elementary Schools School's first grade mascot is playing a pretty game of hide and Pinky is really a hamster which one small child not remembering re reo remembering the name hamster hamSter hamster ham ham- ster referred toas to toas toas as a little monster while the math teacher teacher- in his confusion caled it little pig guinea pig Hamsters Pinky and Brownie Brown Brown- ie playful members of the rodent ro ro- rodent dent family were brought by first grade teacher Mrs Wil- Wil lards en to school early in the fall One day Pinky and Brownie got in a fight and Brownie died but Pinky continued continued continued con con- to be a handful One day Pinky escaped through the partly opened door of his cage He was gone about two weeks Finally he was found in the kindergarten drinking milk the pupils had hadnot hadnot hadnot not finished Mrs Larsen Larson the kindergarten teacher caught him in a bottle and returned him to the first grade After the students moved d to the new school building he escaped again He was gone for about ten days One of the students finally saw him come out from under the steel heat convector He was in hi very poor condition He was almost starved and his fur had turned turned turned turn turn- ed from pink to grey The pupils put him in his cage and fed him until he was fat and his fur was again in good condition Then about a week ago he heran heran heran ran away a third time and made himself a nest of scraps of paper and pieces of wood and cork that were under the cabinet Every night food and water are put out for him The pupils hope to catch him soon because he is is fun to watch and care for By Dy Jannette Howell |