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THE NORMAL RECORD was because there were more logs and brush. To the chapparel was added manzanita. His mother led him up a gentle slope and onto a buttress that jutted out like a spur from the side of the ridge. When they reached the edge it seemed as though the meadow was directly beneath. From this promontory the view was grand. As he gazed it seemed to him as though he was not standing on solid ground, but was floating in the air. Beneath stretched the meadow, green, except where the water lay on it in glistening ponds, or where the silvery creeks wound through it. Looking east it seemed almost a mile to where the forest started and instead of a ridge rising almost straight up as on this side, it sloped gently away from the meadow until it rose against the sky line on a ridge as high as the one on which he was standing. From this distance the forest looked like a solid green floor, broken here and there by an old white snag that still stood. On the north, the forest-clad ridge that he was on and the one on the other side met, or were joined about three miles away by a small mountain covered with trees clear to the top. Toward the south the forest started nearer and Long Horns could see where the creek flowed out of the forest in three streams and then divided and spread over the meadow. This forest sloped back in five or six waves, wjiich were in reality ridges. Then it rose higher and straighter until it finally straggled out and ended. Where the forest ended was a dark belt and then the snow-capped top of a grand old mountain. All that day Long Horns' mother led him through the woods, showing him different things. He saw the chipmunks, quail and squirrels. He examined ant hills and rats' nests and got used to having the lizards dart around in the leaves. They traveled in a southerly direction, and mostly in faint trails. That evening they reached the creek and slept in a thicket of small trees. The next morning they crossed the creek and while his mother grazed he looked, smelled and heard. That day they met a doe and her fawn and after that it was no uncommon thing for them to be with a band of several deer. As the does watched and grazed they wandered always up stream. As they got higher day by day Long Horns noticed that the timber changed. The pines became fewer and the oaks disappeared, while the firs grew thicker. To the manzanita and chapparel were added snowbrush and buckbrush, so fragrant that when it is in bloom the woods are full of its scent. Later the nights commenced to get cooler. Long Horns and the other fawns' coats grew much thicker and their white spots began to fade. The does were all fat now and the fawns were strong and the deer grew restless and went on long trips. It was during this time that Long Horns' mother taught him to jump, run and hide. She warned him of dangers, especially of creatures called men. Then came a time when the leaves fell at the least stir, and the squirrels made a great fuss as they worked along, gathering nuts for the winter. Now the blood ran quick and Long Horns felt as if nothing were too great for him to do. Then one night the great trees began to whisper and the night was a little colder. The next morning there seemed to be deer everywhere, and the two started north in company with many other deer in the direction the creeks flowed. He learned that they were all bound for a great river and canyon where they stayed all winter, for there the snow didn't fall so deep and spring came earlier. There would be many deer from the north whom they would meet in this sheltered retreat. One night there was a strange odor in the winds and he was told that it was smoke caused by the burning of the woods. The next morning as they were hurrying along, for they wanted to cross and get out of the burnt district before night, a confused noise was heard which gradually grew louder. Before long he saw the animals that made this noise. They were white and left a disagreeable odor along the ground and bushes wherever they went. His mother told him
Object Description
Title | The Normal Record. January- February 1906 |
Original Date | 1906-01 |
Description | The Record. Published by the Associated Students of Chico State College. |
Creator | Chico State College |
Location of Original | Archives |
Call Number | LD723 C57 |
Digital Collection | The Record: Chico State Yearbook Collection |
Digital Repository | Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. |
Description-Abstract | The Record served as both a student magazine and a commencement program for Chico Normal School. In the year 1906 it was published nearly every month. |
Date Digital | 2013 |
Language | eng |
Rights | For information on the use of the images in this collection contact the Special Collections Department at 530.898-6342 or email: specialcollections@csuchico.edu |
Format | image/tiff |
Filename | index.cpd |
Description
Title | 1906_01_NormalRecord.006 |
Original Date | 1906-01 |
OCR- Transcript | THE NORMAL RECORD was because there were more logs and brush. To the chapparel was added manzanita. His mother led him up a gentle slope and onto a buttress that jutted out like a spur from the side of the ridge. When they reached the edge it seemed as though the meadow was directly beneath. From this promontory the view was grand. As he gazed it seemed to him as though he was not standing on solid ground, but was floating in the air. Beneath stretched the meadow, green, except where the water lay on it in glistening ponds, or where the silvery creeks wound through it. Looking east it seemed almost a mile to where the forest started and instead of a ridge rising almost straight up as on this side, it sloped gently away from the meadow until it rose against the sky line on a ridge as high as the one on which he was standing. From this distance the forest looked like a solid green floor, broken here and there by an old white snag that still stood. On the north, the forest-clad ridge that he was on and the one on the other side met, or were joined about three miles away by a small mountain covered with trees clear to the top. Toward the south the forest started nearer and Long Horns could see where the creek flowed out of the forest in three streams and then divided and spread over the meadow. This forest sloped back in five or six waves, wjiich were in reality ridges. Then it rose higher and straighter until it finally straggled out and ended. Where the forest ended was a dark belt and then the snow-capped top of a grand old mountain. All that day Long Horns' mother led him through the woods, showing him different things. He saw the chipmunks, quail and squirrels. He examined ant hills and rats' nests and got used to having the lizards dart around in the leaves. They traveled in a southerly direction, and mostly in faint trails. That evening they reached the creek and slept in a thicket of small trees. The next morning they crossed the creek and while his mother grazed he looked, smelled and heard. That day they met a doe and her fawn and after that it was no uncommon thing for them to be with a band of several deer. As the does watched and grazed they wandered always up stream. As they got higher day by day Long Horns noticed that the timber changed. The pines became fewer and the oaks disappeared, while the firs grew thicker. To the manzanita and chapparel were added snowbrush and buckbrush, so fragrant that when it is in bloom the woods are full of its scent. Later the nights commenced to get cooler. Long Horns and the other fawns' coats grew much thicker and their white spots began to fade. The does were all fat now and the fawns were strong and the deer grew restless and went on long trips. It was during this time that Long Horns' mother taught him to jump, run and hide. She warned him of dangers, especially of creatures called men. Then came a time when the leaves fell at the least stir, and the squirrels made a great fuss as they worked along, gathering nuts for the winter. Now the blood ran quick and Long Horns felt as if nothing were too great for him to do. Then one night the great trees began to whisper and the night was a little colder. The next morning there seemed to be deer everywhere, and the two started north in company with many other deer in the direction the creeks flowed. He learned that they were all bound for a great river and canyon where they stayed all winter, for there the snow didn't fall so deep and spring came earlier. There would be many deer from the north whom they would meet in this sheltered retreat. One night there was a strange odor in the winds and he was told that it was smoke caused by the burning of the woods. The next morning as they were hurrying along, for they wanted to cross and get out of the burnt district before night, a confused noise was heard which gradually grew louder. Before long he saw the animals that made this noise. They were white and left a disagreeable odor along the ground and bushes wherever they went. His mother told him |