CASTOR REVIEW Friday, November 17, 1978 Page9 Meg tightened the last lace of her freshly polished shoes. The shiny surface reflected the extra glint in her eyes. She wiggled her toes happily. Today was special. Today her Girl Guide pack was to act as escort to the Queen. Never before had Meg consid- ered it thrilling to live near the nation's capital; in fact, it got rather boring escorting various aunts, uncles and cousins round the stately buildings. The weather was holding very nicely this year, and Meg was glad that uniforms could be worn without coats. Her biggest worry would be standing at attention for such a long period of time. At last, the brisk walk to their station, crushing the Autumn leaves underfoot. Rust and gold and scarlet, they gleamed in the sun. From her place at the end of the line Meg saw a bright green leaf. "No!, that can't be a leaf," thought Meg. Bending quickly she picked up the green thing. It \ crackled like a leaf but it was 'The Adventures of -leg By M. M. McCallum 2 A touch of green, a thankful queen paper, '"'Money, eh!,"' said Meg, "this really is my lucky day." Meg felt the flutter of butter- flies in her tummy. The warm sun, the hum of the dense crowd, the music of the Governor General's band, the beautiful horses of the mounted guard and her country's flag waving so bravely were almost more than she could bear. "She's coming, she's coming,"' swelled from a hundred throats. The Guides heads all faced foreward but their eyes glanced slantingly up the Avenue. Meg heard a different murmur. Her eyes were attracted to a moving object near a mounted police- man. It was a small child trailing a body harness. Evidently her mother had loosened her hold on the leash, and the toddler had slipped away. "Oh!," screamed a lady in a red hat. "Look at the baby! The horses will tramp on her!!!" "My goodness,"' said another, "the Queen is nearly here; somebody do something" - - and Meg did. Walking quickly but quietly she crossed the road and swept the child into her arms. The frantic mother appeared with tears of remorse on her cheeks anda wan smile of thanks to Meg as she held her arms out for the now crying child. The magic moment was here. The Queen was looking straight at her. If her Majesty wondered why a Girl Guide was standing alone bet- ween two horses, while her companions on the other side of the road moved to fill her vacant space; she never let on, but then Queens hardly ever let their thoughts show. Queens, like Guides, are well trained. It was over. They were on their way home. Meg's chums crowded around. "Oh Meg,"' said Julia, "how brave you are! Weren't you scared? How could you go right into those horses? Weren't you scared they would step on you?"' "No," said Meg, "I have often visited the training centre with our guests. I know that the horses are trained in crowd control. We were perfectly safe." 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