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…
The Kingdom of the Cats
Her eyes were of gold, of gold, of gold And she was most old, most old Lucas was the first to leave. In her hut at the village edge, Old Ana stirred her midnight brew and watched him stumble past,…
Hyena Woman
My people have always hunted the banks of the Happy River. Since the Before Times we have pitched our tents between the deep rushes at the water’s edge. The tall yellow grasses hid the ones we hunted. We wore their…
The Fourth Wise Man
It didn’t add up. That’s what he thought. He checked his rule and his compasses and his angles. It was all wrong. He consulted his tables and charts. He made amendments to his calculations on the blackboard and scrutinised what…
