Heartland (2014)
“He blares his fancy horn and brakes to a stop.‘Hey there, Aunties! Hey there, midgets, Donny Mac’s home!’While Delia drops her aching arms and flops, laughing, into her porch chair, Aureole runs to the fence, her face alight. ‘Come in, come in, nephew, we are almost done for! Oh, what a day!’Donny hops over the fence, scoops a child under each arm and stands there looking at the puffing old ladies. ‘Sorry, sorry, Aunties, but I thought I wasn’t late. I came past the kohanga but it was all close...d down, no one there. What’s going on?’Delia mops her streaming face with a tea towel, smiling still in spite of her exhaustion. ‘Not your fault, Donny. That wretched film is turning the world upside down. Someone came from the kohanga to say that Nanny Tangi and Nanny Ripeka were needed for a village scene so kohanga was closing early. Would we collect your two. Neither Sky or Manny look foreign enough to be in the scene evidently.’ Donny beams at the two old women. ‘What champions!MoreLess
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