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We of the Never-Never

We of the Never-Never

Gunn, Jeannie

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ISBN10: 1153732572
ISBN13: 9781153732574
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.33 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
Excerpt: ... proved full of delights. But although it was a great sight to see a piccaninny come on big-fellow, nothing could compare with the joy of looking through the reversed end of the glass, into a world where great men became little fellow, unless it were the marvel of watching dim, distant specks as they took on the forms of birds, beasts, or men. The waggons gone, and with them Nellie's shyness, she quietly ousted Rosy from her position at the head of the staff. Me sit down first time, she said; and happy, smiling Rosy, retiring, obeyed orders as willingly as she had given them. With Nellie and Rosy at the head of affairs, house-cleaning passed unnoticed, and although, after the arrival of unlimited changes of everything, washing-day threatened to become a serious business, they coped with that difficulty by continuing to live in a cycle of washing days-every alternate day only, though, so as to leave time for gardening. The gardening staff, which consisted of a king, an heir-apparent, and a royal councillor, had been engaged to wheel barrow-loads of rich loamy soil from the billabong to the garden beds; but as its members preferred gossiping in the shade to work of any kind, the gardening took time and supervision. That'll do, Gadgerrie? was the invariable question after each load, as the staff prepared to sit down for a gossip; and Gadgerrie had to start every one afresh, after deciding whose turn it was to ride back to the billabong in the barrow. Six loads in a morning was a fair record, for Gadgerrie was not often disinclined for a gossip on court matters, but although nothing was done while we were out-bush, the garden was gradually growing. Two of the beds against the verandah were gaily flourishing, others coming on, and outside the broad pathway a narrow bed had been made all round the garden for an hibiscus hedge; while outside this bed again, one at each corner of the garden, stood four posts-the Maluka's promise of a...

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