The Audrey of the Outback Collection (2011)
“It was surrounded by a wire fence with wooden posts. That wouldn’t keep the children in. They could squeeze through the gaps or climb over it. At home, Audrey and Price often thought of ways to avoid lessons with Mum at the kitchen table.
Audrey and Douglas reached the Jenkins’s house without breaking a single Mrs Paterson-rule. Although Stumpy had come along, and Mrs Paterson wouldn’t have liked that too much.
The Jenkins’s house was nestled between two others. Audrey could have guessed which ...one it was by the sound of all the children’s voices. They were raised in friendly argument. At least, she hoped it was friendly.
A line of scrappy bushes with more twigs than leaves divided the front and back yards. The fence was half-broken. The Jenkins’s house looked small for twelve people. It was made from flattened kerosene tins, the metal sheets dented here and there. Smoke rose from the chimney. The chimney looked like the most solid part of the building.
Stumpy hung back.
‘You can go and play if you want, Stumpy,’ said Audrey.MoreLess
Audrey and Douglas reached the Jenkins’s house without breaking a single Mrs Paterson-rule. Although Stumpy had come along, and Mrs Paterson wouldn’t have liked that too much.
The Jenkins’s house was nestled between two others. Audrey could have guessed which ...one it was by the sound of all the children’s voices. They were raised in friendly argument. At least, she hoped it was friendly.
A line of scrappy bushes with more twigs than leaves divided the front and back yards. The fence was half-broken. The Jenkins’s house looked small for twelve people. It was made from flattened kerosene tins, the metal sheets dented here and there. Smoke rose from the chimney. The chimney looked like the most solid part of the building.
Stumpy hung back.
‘You can go and play if you want, Stumpy,’ said Audrey.MoreLess
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