tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80360043350768803262024-03-13T04:14:26.727-07:00SAMPLE Margot's BooksRead FREE samples from Margot Finke's Children's Books--picture books, tweens and young teens. Choose the right book for your class or your child.Magic Carpet of 16x Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13145090220955463862noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036004335076880326.post-22012013205511590632014-08-31T15:19:00.023-07:002020-09-06T15:09:45.710-07:00READ Margot's Sample Chapters<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">Oscar the Tasmanian Devil threw back <br /> his<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">head and howled at the moon. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">Moon looked down, a fat butter-yellow <br />smile on his face.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";"> “You’re no help,” grumbled Oscar. He ate a </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">mulberry from an overhanging branch. <br />
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<span style="color: white;">.</span> “Why are all the bush critters frightened of me? <span style="color: white;">. . <br /> </span>I’m not mean to them. I’d like to be mates.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">Moon did not answer. <br />
<br /> Oscar sighed. In real life good mates did not <span style="color: white;">……</span><br /> grow on bushes</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">—</span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">like mulberries.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">(Aussie word and animal glossary at the back)</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">EDUCATIONAL-- for <span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">U</span>pper Grade School</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";"> T<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">ORN</span> from the pages of<i> <b>Aussie Aboriginal History.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";"> How they survived the arrival of the white man. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Kobi Borrows a Pouch</b></span></span><br />
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morning, Kobi Koala and his mom awoke to the rough whoo-hoo-ha-ha laugh
of the Kookaburra. Kobi was growing fast, and riding on his mom’s back
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“When will I be old enough to live in my own gum tree?” he asked. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Not until you’ve learned a lot more bush-smarts,” said his Mom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kobi was impatient, so later, when his mom took a nap, he scrambled down to the ground. The</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">
splash-splash-gurgle-gurgle of the billabong sang through the bush.
Kobi rather fancied living in a gum tree beside the billabong water. </span></span></span> </span></span></span></div>
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</xml><![endif]--><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span face="" style="line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none;">CHAPTER ONE</span><i><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i></b><i><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Procrastination is a curse,</span></i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;"><br />yet green worms that surprise are WORSE!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">"Daaaaisy—have you started that essay yet?" </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Her mother's voice blasted through the bedroom door like a fog-horn, jerking Daisy away from her pop music.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">"Don't worry, Mom, I'm on it," Daisy yelled back. Then muttered, "Yeah, when I feel like it" Procrastination was one big sounding word she didn't need her thesaurus to understand. Mom was always throwing it at her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">The blank computer screen gave off a tut-tut stare, and her printer sighed, waiting to be fed. Her essay was due tomorrow. But she knew this project was doomed from the moment her teacher said they had to use a thesaurus. </span><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Petite and fair, Daisy’s smile often chased away her friend’s most determined frowns and glum moods. Yet today, her warm hazel eyes were lackluster, as she hunted for a plausible excuse not to write the essay. <br />
</span><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /> Daisy was an excellent student—until a thesaurus became involved. Then, her mind froze and her eyes glazed over. The words in the thesaurus always clumped together into one huge muddle. High on its bookshelf, the thesaurus smirked.</span><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">"You’re no help at all." She snatched it off the shelf </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">and flung it against the wall. “It’ll be your fault if I get an ‘F’ for this essay!" <br />
<br /> The thesaurus bounced off the wall and thudded onto the floor. Daisy groaned. She was out of time and out of excuses. Tears of frustration welled in her eyes<i>. This essay will be a disaster, so what's the use of trying?</i> <br />
<br /> Daisy flopped onto the bed and adjusted her ear buds. With the volume turned up high on the iPad, all thoughts of the essay she should be writing were a wipeout. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">“Turn that rubbish off before it rots your brain!" </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="">"Whew! Thought it was Mom come to bug me about the essay,” she muttered. “Oh, great—now I’m hearing voices!” She glanced at the computer. If the teacher hadn't insisted on the class using the thesaurus to find new words, the stupid essay would be finished already. Thinking about the thesaurus made her stomach hurt. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">“Over here, young lady," a sharp voice demanded. "Wake up, now! If you plan to finish that essay you <br />had better make a start.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Daisy turned to see who had spoken. <i>OMG! </i>A magnificent bright green worm sat coiled on the carpet beside her thesaurus. About ten inches high, it wore a smart black leather cap snug on its head. A long red striped scarf flowed down from around its neck. She saw no legs. Dainty hands held onto the knob of a highly polished wooden walking stick. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Round, pinkish, and plump, the worm-like creature's face looked an exact image of the dog next door—right down to the bulging eyes, and floppy jowls. The ‘whatever it was’ smiled and waved its walking stick in the air. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Daisy eased down her hand and pulled the comforter up to her armpits. <i>Am I dreaming? </i>“What are you doing in my room?" Goosebumps danced up and down her arms. “What are you?” Good manners couldn't hurt, so she added, "Please."<br />
<br /> “Not a ‘what,’ young lady, a ‘whom.’ ” The creature gave her thesaurus a sharp tap with its walking stick. "Bartholomew Q. Bookworm is my name. I come from a fine family of bookworms. We are rare fellows—dedicated to preserving, not eating books from all ages.” These words were followed by a formal bow.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Wow!</span></i><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;"> <i>This is weird. Maybe I AM watching too many ‘Star Trek’ reruns, like Mom said. </i>She tugged the comforter higher up under her chin. “I need to know where you came from and what you want," demanded Daisy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">habit of asking so many questions all the time." He shook his head, his jowls flopping from side to side. "I can tell I will have my work cut out for me with you, young lady.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Holy <span style="color: #c00000;">Hornswagglers</span> He’s freaking me out. This gets weirder and weirder!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Bartholomew Q. settled his cap more securely. Daisy noticed his bright yellow eyes. They sparkled like two golden jewels—topazes. <br />
<br /> “Now Daisy, to answer your questions: The Lord High Bookworm can smell procrastination from a world away. He sent me</span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">to help you. You need splendid words for your essay, and I am the bookworm to help you find them."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Daisy threw aside the comforter and jumped off the bed. "You've been talking to my mother, haven't you? Mom's bugged me all week about that essay. I'm sick of hearing how a twelve year old shouldn't allow the thesaurus to confuse her." She stamped her foot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">The green bookworm shook his head several times. "No, no, Daisy, I have not had the pleasure of meeting your mother." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Daisy tossed her pale hair and swept on, mad enough to spit.</span><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">"No one understands. The minute I look inside the thesaurus all those words squeeze together. They melt into one big, fat, gunky mess.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">Her hazel eyes flashed resentment. “Just thinking about how to choose adjectives, verbs, and nouns from that mess of words knots my stomach. And I haven’t a clue what those abbreviations beside each word mean." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">The Bookworm nodded. "Ah-hah, just as I thought, you have a bad case of ‘Thesaurus-itis.’ The Lord High was right to send for my help."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">"Who is this Lord High and how did he know I needed help?" Daisy stepped closer and peered at him, "You sure you're not from Disneyland?" </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">"Disneyland? Disneyland? That does not ring a bell." Bartholomew Q. wiggled and pointed the tip of his walking stick at her. "You not only ask too many questions, young lady, you ask unanswerable ones! In the name of Baby Bookworms, I have no clue</span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">how The Lord High Bookworm discovered your problem." He shrugged his green shoulders. "He does not confide in me." <br /> <br /> "Well, I've never heard of The Lord High Bookworm." Hands on hips, she faced the Green Worm. "Seems to me you don't know anything. You don't have any answers to <i>my</i> questions." Daisy smirked. She had him there. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="" style="line-height: 115%;">"You, Daisy Fowler, are not asking the right questions." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";"><b>Multicultural Outback Adventure--Down Under. </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<b>Sibling rivalry, lies, survival, a crazed Medicine Man, </b><br />
<b>and Dreamtime Spirits</b></div>
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<i><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b> <span style="font-size: small;"> CHAPTER ONE</span> </b></span></span><i><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Josh Howard stared out the kitchen window at the distant</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">red mountains. Simmering smells from the hot baked earth,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">His parent’s property, Coorparoo Cattle Station, was a part of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Australian outback territory. The wild emptiness and aboriginal</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">history surrounding the mountains fascinated Josh. <i>Gotta be secrets</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">out there just waiting for me to discover.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">If his brother weren’t such a jerk he’d be out there now,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">exploring. He turned away from the window. “Look Tom, I just</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">want to go out a little way and see things for myself, alright?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">What’s wrong with that?” Tension crackled between them. “Jeez!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Ever since Mum and Dad went off<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to Brisbane you act like you’re</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">the boss.”</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Tom’s lips pressed into a thin line. “Quit naggin’, kid.” The</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">next words spat from his mouth, slow and clear. “I AM the boss</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">for now. Dad put me in charge.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taking two slices of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>toast from the toaster, Tom gave an </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">exaggerated sigh. “You’re clueless about the outback. It’s not </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">some kiddie park. Blokes die out there.” He slapped the toast onto</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">his plate, buttering it while he spoke. “Only an idiot goes out there</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">without the right gear lined up—water, food, guides. So shut up</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">about it unless you want a good thump.” He frowned. “Go pick </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">your nose or something.”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Josh sat at the table, sturdy body tense, his brown hair </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">flopping onto his forehead. “Yes sir, master!” He made a rude</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">noise, his eyes daring Tom to hit him. “You’re worse than Mum.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">I’ve heard the outback stories. B-I-G deal! I’m no dumbcluck.”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yeah? Could have fooled me,” sneered Tom.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />“What’s eating you anyway? These days you’re meaner than</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">a croc.” Josh flicked a spoonful of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dry cereal at his brother before</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">sloshing milk into the bowl. “You used to stick up for me. Now</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">you rat me out every chance you get.”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tom shrugged. “Sneaky beggar! You told Dad I wasn’t up</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">to mustering the cattle. Always on-side with Mum and Dad, that’s</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yeah, well you’re spoiled rotten Joshua Howard. Just stay</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">outa my face.” Tom grabbed the jug and poured milk into a big</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">glass. “Remember what dad said—stay inside the home property.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">It should be big enough for even a whiny kid like you.” Grabbing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">his toast and milk glass, Tom slammed out of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the kitchen. Milk</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Maggot,” muttered Josh. “Just my luck—other kids have</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">older brothers they actually like! Me, I’m stuck with a parent suckup.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">your nose or something.”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Josh sat at the table, sturdy body tense, his brown hair </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">flopping onto his forehead. “Yes sir, master!” He made a rude</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">noise, his eyes daring Tom to hit him. “You’re worse than Mum.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">I’ve heard the outback stories. B-I-G deal! I’m no dumbcluck.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yeah? Could have fooled me,” sneered Tom.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What’s eating you anyway? These days you’re meaner than </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">a croc.” Josh flicked a spoonful of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dry cereal at his brother before</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">sloshing milk into the bowl. “You used to stick up for me. Now</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">you rat me out every chance you get.”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tom shrugged. “Sneaky beggar! You told Dad I wasn’t up</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">to mustering the cattle. Always on-side with Mum and Dad, that’s</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">you.”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yeah, well you’re spoiled rotten Joshua Howard. Just stay</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">outa my face.” Tom grabbed the jug and poured milk into a big</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">glass. “Remember what dad said—stay inside the home property.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">It should be big enough for even a whiny kid like you.” Grabbing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">his toast and milk glass, Tom slammed out of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the kitchen. Milk</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">slopped onto the floor.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Maggot,” muttered Josh. “Just my luck—other kids have</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">older brothers they actually like! Me, I’m stuck with a parent suckup.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">It was then that a badass idea struck him with the force of </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">a lightning bolt. If reason wouldn’t work, maybe blackmail would?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Josh’s blue eyes held a hard sparkle. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">that girl. The one you said had “forever” legs. I’ll say . . .” He got </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">table and grabbed a fist full of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Josh’s shirt. His brother’s angry</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">me, Josh. Dead meat!”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The threat sank into Josh’s fevered brain. He stopped</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Hey, I saw you take it!” Josh yelled and squirmed. “If I</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’m not a thief, and you know it.” Tom stopped and glared</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">down at Josh. “I planned on paying it back before Dad knew. Tell</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Dad now, and I’m. . .”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Screwed, mate. Royally screwed! Mom and Dad’ll freak if </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">I tell them. They’ll kill you, Thomas Howard, count on it!”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Little worm! I just borrowed the money.” A puzzled</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a moment of silence. Josh suddenly realized </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">he had power over his brother. The thrill of it made him feel ten</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">foot tall. “Well, you get to try and prove you’re still their “honest”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">darling boy. Me. . .? I get to say you’re a lousy thief.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Got your attention now, smart ass.” Josh’s eyes glittered.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">This was the most notice his brother had taken of him in years.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">NOTE: Aussie word and animal glossary included.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">#3</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">TACONI and CLAUDE<br />Double Trouble</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Aussie Outback Adventure</span></b></span><br />
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<b><br /></b>A coming of age adventure for a young aboriginal boy.<br />
Life on Coorparoo Cattle Station in the Aussie Outback is not <br />
easy for a young aboriginal boy with a crazy dad, and only one <br />
friend--a smart and chatty cockatoo named Claude. His Man <br />
Ceremony looms, and there are big decisions to make. <br />
And the Dreamtime Spirits have their own plans for him.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">DOWN UNDER CALLING<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Family saga where amazing letters help a young boy<br /> cope with sudden family hardship</span></span></span></span> </b></span><br />
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between a boy, reluctant at first, and his grandmother,<br />
brings them both together--as well as love and<br />
reassurance about the future.<br />
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<![endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Grandma Rose</b><br />
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On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, where water lapped the sandy eastern shores of Australia, Rose Larkin slept. She lived on the edge of the Queensland bush in a small town called Morningside. At sixty plus Rose was a light sleeper, so the sound of the rifle crack snapped her awake.</div>
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Silence. This was followed by the mutter of distant voices. Rose’s cat, Lady, sleeping at the foot of the bed, had not twitched a whisker.</div>
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“The same hooligans again I’ll bet,” Rose muttered, “Shooting at whatever moves.”</div>
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Stiff from sleeping, Rose threw on a dressing gown and headed for the back door. Outside the door she grabbed a long handled garden fork that leaned against the wall. She hefted it. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Not a bad weapon – just in case.</i></div>
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A skimpy moon left the back yard in complete darkness. But Rose didn’t need a flashlight. Her feet had long ago memorized every pebble, dip, and curve that lead to the back fence. The voices now grew more distinct.</div>
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“Cripes mate, I killed somethin’!”</div>
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“Dumb git! You offed a ‘roo. The old biddy’s heard us for sure. Let’s scarper.”</div>
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The voices faded, lost in the far reaches of the wild bush area that backed onto Rose’s property.</div>
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Grim-faced, Rose reached the fence line. Soft scrabbling noises came from the bush side of the fence. Leaning the garden fork against a fence post, she hiked up her nightie and dressing gown. Climbing over the broken section of the fence wasn’t easy. Rose struggled. Then a tearing sound. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Blast! My favorite nightie, too.</i></div>
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Finally, she made it over the fence and into the bush, hoping to find whatever was making those distressed rustling sounds.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Aha</i>... She peered down at the ground around her – dim and blurry. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stupid woman - forgot my glasses</i>! Her toe hit something furry. Kneeling in the darkness Rose searched the ground with outstretched hands. She felt something warm and soft. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oh Lord, NO!</i></div>
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In front of her lay a still warm but very dead female kangaroo. Snuggled beside his dead mum, yet very much alive, was her joey.</div>
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“There, there,” murmured Rose. “Not to worry little mate. You come with me.”</div>
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It took a few more rips and tears to her nightie, but she finally got the joey over the fence and safely back to the house. Tucking him into a spare pillowcase, Rose hung the makeshift pouch on the back of a kitchen chair. His small head peeked out, all big ears and long snout, a wistful look on its face. The pillowcase, loosely knotted at the open end, was the best she could do to provide a pouch.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oh-ho, he’s shivering. Mustn’t let the little bloke go into shock.</i> Rose quickly filled a hot water bottle and slipped it into the pillowcase. A swift look through her winter woolies, and her young guest wore a blue beanie scrunched down over his ears. She had knitted the beanie last winter.</div>
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“That’ll have to do for now. First thing in the morning I’ll find out what to feed you. Then I’ll phone the police. I just hope they catch the hooligans that killed your poor mum.”</div>
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Rose, chilled to her toes, made herself a steaming cup of tea. The joey, blue beanie askew over one eye, ducked inside his makeshift pouch every time she ventured near.</div>
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“You just hold on ‘till I get you the right food, matey.” Rose yawned. “Whoever said older people needed less sleep were nuts. Still, I’m a bit long in the tooth to be hopping fences. . . and in the middle of the night too!” She looked at the bulge at the bottom of the pillowcase. If she moved the chair into her bedroom, she might disturb him. What to do?</div>
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Dawn woke Rose to a raft of new aches and pains. These were mostly due to napping away the remainder of the night in an armchair close to her young guest.</div>
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A hot shower helped, plus two aspirin. Several phone calls later, she had operation ‘save joey’ well under way. The police promised to investigate, and the Lone Pine Wildlife Sanctuary had been most helpful. They gave her great information about joey care and joey food. However, it seemed they wanted her to look after the little bloke until one of their staff could come and take him off her hands.</div>
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“No problem,” Rose assured the nice lady from Lone Pine. “He’ll be jake with me.</div>
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Bright and early, on advice from the Lone Pine lady, she took joey to visit her veterinarian. The vet checked him out thoroughly and pronounced him fit-as-a frogmouth. He handed her a bottle and teat, plus a package of Kangaroo Milk Replacer.</div>
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“Just the ticket for a beaut young joey,” he said. ”It’s a completely balanced diet; easy to use, too.” He patted the young roo’s head and added, “Kangaroo milk comes in four strengths, for different stages of growth. Oh, and don’t forget to let him hop about a bit after you feed him, because he’ll need to poop and pee.”</div>
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As she left, with the baby roo safely tucked into his pillowcase, the vet called, “Don’t worry, Rose, I’ve plenty more ‘joey juice’ if you need it.”</div>
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On the way home he slept on the front seat in the pillow case. Rose smiled as she drove. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hmmm… Car trips seem to sooth animal babies as well as human ones.</i> </div>
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Once home she put some of the kangaroo milk into a bottle, warmed it, and then took joey out into the garden. No more shivers, so she removed the hot water bottle. The beanie had disappeared, lost in the depths of the pillowcase.</div>
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Joey snuggled on Rose’s lap, still mostly inside the pillowcase, with only his head and two tiny front paws out in the open. He sucked like a trooper, both front paws clutching the bottle. After he finished drinking, Rose rubbed his tummy like the Vet said. He looked at Rose, twitched his nose, and then slid down into his pillow case pouch. A soft burp followed.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Oh, no you don’t,” cried Rose. She grabbed the pillowcase, full of soon to be pooping-and-peeing joey, and hurried to the laundry.</div>
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“I’m too old to chase you around the yard,” she told him. Closing the door, she gently pulled the baby ‘roo out of hiding and put him on the cement floor. ”Pillowcase pouches don’t have bathroom facilities, mate – understand? Cement floors can be hosed down.”</div>
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He took a few tentative hops, and then looked up at her, head cocked to one side.</div>
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“You want me to turn my back?” asked Rose. Chuckling, she said, “I imagine my grandson Andy would be bug-eyed over a little bloke like you.”</div>
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A few hops later, and joey attended to business. Rose dealt with the cleanup while the perpetrator hopped around the laundry.</div>
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“Right-o little mate, time for a nap.” Two sleepy eyes blinked up at her as she smoothed the fur on his head. Scooping him up, she slid him into his makeshift pouch. Joey folded himself into a ball at the bottom of the pillowcase, and slept. Rose carried him outside. She hung his pouch on the back of her garden chair, and hurried to see if the mail man had brought anything worth reading.</div>
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“A-hah, what have we here?” she peered at the sender’s label. “Well, blow me down, a letter from my grandson, Andy.” Pleased and happy, she went to her chair, ripped open the envelope, and read his letter.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">55-A Pine Meadows Way</i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Portland</i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, OR USA</i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dear Grandma,</i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mom said I should write you a letter, so here it is. I'm twelve years old. I'm in sixth grade. I have a friend called Kelly. She’s in sixth grade too. I'm real good at math and computers. But I don't much like reading, and English is boring.</i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My friend Kelly has twice as many Xbox games as me. I asked Dad for another music download or a game, but he said no. He said I had enough e-junk and music downloads already. Dad’s way cheap since he got downsized.</i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">That's about all.</i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Your grandson,</i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Andy.</i></b></div>
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All of a sudden Oregon didn’t seem quite so far away to Rose Larkin. “Hmmm. . . That grandson of mine seems a bit too keen on computers,” she told the sleeping joey. “He needs to discover some outside fun.”</div>
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Lady sat by her feet, swishing her tail back and forth. She glared at the bundle on the back of her mistress’s chair.</div>
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“You behave yourself, missy.” Rose shook her finger at Lady. “This joey has lost his mum. I’d better not find any claw mark on him – understood?”</div>
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Lady slunk under a nearby hibiscus bush and sulked.</div>
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She put Andy’s letter on the garden table. Tossing her gardening hat aside, Rose pulled the pen and writing paper on the table closer. She thought about her reply to Andy, as the yellow wattle flowers wafted their rich scent through the garden. “Hmmm. . . I’ll tell Andy about the joey, but what about the brutal way his mum was killed? What do you think, Lady?”</div>
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Lady treated her to a dose of feline disapproval. The cat’s attention was now centered on a greedy praying mantis eating a lunch of caterpillar.</div>
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Rose smiled to herself. “I wonder what my daughter had to threaten him with to get Andy to write this letter?” Then, pen in hand, she set about replying to her grandson in Oregon.</div>
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Basement, killer, twin and girl,<br />
Will the story still unfurl?<br />
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Sunlight flooded Frannie’s bedroom. Everything looked totally ordinary–but Frannie knew differently. Last night’s eerie visitor had changed everything. Her head ached. If only she could talk to someone, but there was no trusted girlfriend in Oregon.Phoning friends back in Iowa wouldn’t work either. <i>I guess Ghost hunting’s a face–to-face talk.</i> As for the ghost, or whatever, Frannie had questions but no answers. <i>What made the room so cold when the ghost was there, yet warm up the minute it left?And the biggie: why haunt her?</i></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The thought of it haunting Jeff made her grin. “Now that’s something I’d pay money to see!”</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frannie sat on the edge of the bed and combed her hair. Then, she remembered. Right! That TV show said ghosts always bring cold with them. But they didn’t say why. Yikes! First I’m seeing ghosts, now I’m talking to myself! Next it’ll be séances and levitating!</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She stared at herself in the mirror. Watch it, or you’ll end up bonkers. Where is this ghost? I mean, right this minute. <i>Wow–gotta be ten shades of weird!</i></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dressed in blue jeans, a ‘Save Our Whales’ tee shirt and sandals, Frannie headed for the kitchen. The bathroom was on her side of the upstairs landing. Dad and Jeff’s rooms were opposite. Piles of empty boxes cluttered up the landing at the top of the stairs.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rock music pumped out of Jeff’s room. As she passed, Frannie caught a glimpse of her twin, still in under-shorts, squeezing zits in front of the mirror.<i> I don’t have much in the boobs department, but at least I don’t have zits. Way gross! </i></div>
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Wrinkling her nose, she headed downstairs to the living room. Glancing over the banister, she could see the comfortable chairs on either side of the fireplace. A fat sofa snuggled under one window. The computer and printer, both still boxed, sat under the other window, waiting until her Dad had time to buy a desk.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Oriental rug they’d brought from Iowa would make rainy Oregon winters cozy, while the shelves beside the fireplace held treasured books and ornaments. A wreath of plaster roses circled the ceiling’s central antique light fitting.<i> Love the roses!</i></div>
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Jeff pushed past her, rattled down the stairs, and beat her to the kitchen. Frannie shrugged and followed slowly.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stains smudged the front of Jeff’s tee shirt, and his face looked pale and pudgy. He scowled at his bowl of cereal, as if it were personally responsible for messing</div>
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with his life. Who said twins were always close? Huh. . . They never knew Jeff and me.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looked up at her. “What about laundry? When can I expect some clean stuff to show up?”</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frannie ignored him.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dad came into the kitchen in time to hear his son’s protest. “The laundry’s that little room to the left of the back door, in case you’ve forgotten.” He grinned. “You’ve two choices, Jeff, join a nudist colony or wash your own clothes.”</div>
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Frannie laughed. “Way to go, Dad.” She pointed to Jeff’s grubby top. "X marks the spot!" Giggles exploded out of her.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red-faced, Jeff mumbled, "Smart-ass."</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"No need for that, you two.” He looked at Jeff.</div>
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“Wash your own clothes and you won’t need to look like a reject from a grunge band.” He frowned. "And I don’t want to find those boxes still upstairs when I come home. Throw the empty ones in the garage. There has to be a recycling depot somewhere in Tigard." Coffee in hand, he went back upstairs.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeff grunted and stared into his empty bowl.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Look, this move means a big promotion for Dad--so drop the attitude, okay. I wasn't too keen on moving, either. You're not the only one bummed at leaving friends.”</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Yeah, well Dad had no right to make us move here. I don’t know anyone in Oregon. And I’m not likely to until school starts.”</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frannie wondered how this zit-infested excuse of a brother could be her twin?</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Whatever! How about helping with the chores?”</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeff scowled "Chores are for girls!”</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dodging the dishcloth she threw, his arm shot out and plucked it from the air. He slid from his chair, chanting, “Ya misse-e-e-ed!”</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A hot gleam in her eye, Frannie wiped off Jeff’s smirk with a well-placed wet sponge. Jeff swung his arm, ready for a return throw.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Stop it, you two, or there’ll be no pocket money this week. Good grief, can’t you two get along for five seconds. It’s like a wild rock concert around here –waiting for casualties.” Dad stood in the kitchen doorway.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Between sips of coffee he went on, “Now listen, I have to hurry. I need to make a good impression on the barons of Portland finance.” He groaned. “Can’t have them thinking us mid-westerners are slackers. Oh, and Frannie, try to finish unpacking the crate of dining room china. Let's make this place look like home."</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yeah, but it’s not home, Dad,” whined Jeff.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frannie rolled her eyes. He’d said the same thing every day for a week. Frannie stood on tiptoes, hugged her dad’s solid frame, and reminded him that his hair needed a trim.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Can you drop me at the mall? Bus service in Tigard sucks - only goes to the mall twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon.” Jeff looked hopeful.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Me too. I’m going to see what the library here is like.”</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Fine with me,” said Dad. “But get a move on.” He retreated to the living room.</div>
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Frannie gazed out the kitchen window. Gathering clouds–that meant afternoon showers for sure. Oregon might be rainy, but the results sure were spectacular. Every house on their street had green lawns, trees, and gardens bursting with flowers. Maybe Oregon wouldn’t be so bad after all.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dad’s voice from the living room interrupted her thoughts. “I’ll be a bit late tonight, kids. Think you can manage dinner? And help your sister, Jeff. I’ll get myself a snack in Portland.” He poked his head around the door and sent them a fond look. “Put a hold on fights ‘till I’m here to referee, okay? This meeting shouldn’t go any later than 8 pm.” He added, “Hustle now. I’m leaving in a minute or two.”</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frannie put their wet-sponge-missile in the sink.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeff stuffed his hands into his pockets.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <i> </i></span><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Jeff were a halfway decent twin I’d tell him</i></div>
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<i>about my ghostly visitor.</i> Up in her room, stuffing a water bottle into her backpack, Frannie shivered. Was it a nightmare or a real ghost? If a ghost, would it return, or had last night been a one<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">-</span>time haunting?</div>
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