{"id":398,"date":"2021-02-09T20:57:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joywinkieviola.com\/books\/?p=398"},"modified":"2021-03-06T11:12:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T16:12:27","slug":"chapter-8-kangaroos-cockatoos-and-chum-chops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joywinkieviola.com\/books\/chapter-8-kangaroos-cockatoos-and-chum-chops\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 8 – Kangaroos, Cockatoos and Chum Chops"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0 Excerpt from Chapter 8 (Entire chapter is 27 pages)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 The front door opened and a bewildered rancher walked slowly toward the bus sitting in the middle of his front lawn.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cYa got the Billy on? Mark called cheerfully<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The rancher stared at us in bewilderment<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cReckon we made the wrong turn, Mark suggested.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI reckon you did,\u201d the rancher replied, scratching his hair beneath his battered \u00a0Aussie Akubro hat\u00a0.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGuess we should have gone the other way at the intersection\u201d.
\n\u201cI guess you should have\u201d came the reply.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019ll head to the pub for sure tonight, Mark said,\u201d telling everyone about this big white bus that drove into his yard with a load of lost Yanks, and the story will probably get better with every telling.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 Excerpt from Chapter 8 (Entire chapter is 27 pages)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0   \u00a0\u00a0 The front door opened and a bewildered<\/p>\n

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