The Waltzing of Matilda

Once a jolly swagman fell for the lovely Matilda. None was fairer than Matilda.  Her father ran two thousand head of sheep.  There wasn’t a single stockman or shearer in all of the territory who didn’t want to waltz Matilda to the altar.  But haughty Matilda would have none of it. “I won’t be a…

Lost Boys

It was just the two of them now. The rest had gone on to greater adventures. They sat side by side on a park bench, like the winter companions in the old Simon and Garfunkel song. Tootles leaned forward on his walking stick and squinted over at the statue of the boy with the panpipes….