A Night With Nature 



By A Teela-Wooket Nature Student 



Last night I had a strange and curious dream: 

 I gazed at mushrooms circHng through the air, 



I wandered by a Hmpid, winding stream_, 

 And gathered birds that grew in clusters there. 



I filled my sweater pockets with the stars 

 That lay within the streamlet's pebbly bed; 



Altair seemed bright until I chanced on Mars 

 Beneath a mossy rootlet, gleaming red. 



I rode upon the graceful ostrich fern. 



We flew above the earth, thru airy space; 



Wild flowers nodded close at every turn — 

 The yellow water lily brushed my face. 



Descending from my steed I watched the newt 

 Building his nest upon a lofty crag; 



He filled it with the luscious maple fruit, 

 And decorated it with purple flag. 



I carved the Latin names of all the trees 

 Upon their foHage; this labor done 



Beside the winding stream I sat at ease 

 And knew that my insignia was won ! 



CAMPS DESIRING COUNCILLORS 

 Camp Wigwam 



A. Mandelstrom, 230 West 107th St., New York City. 



Camp Algonquin 



Edwin De Meritte, 1404 Raleigh Ave., Norfolk, Va. 



Camp Wildwood 



Sumner R. Hooper, Rockwood, Maine. 



One for Ornithology, one for Biology, one for Nature Study. 



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