Moonstone Promise by Karen Wood

Author:Karen Wood
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: JUV000000, JUV001000
ISBN: 9781742692517
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Published: 2011-01-27T05:00:00+00:00

The nights by the river were long and empty. Luke tried to fill in the silence by making up bad hip-hop tunes and beat boxing.

I’m sitting on a river (much scratching and snaring)

In the middle of the world (more scratching and snaring)

I wish I had some food (quick K-snare, inward hollow snare, nearly choked)

And my favourite Jessy-girl! (back to scratching and snaring)

He sounded appalling against the serene backdrop, but he was beyond caring. At least it frightened the cane toads away.

Each day, as Luke watched the brumbies, he made some time to kick off his boots and just stand on the land.

Heat from your hands, tingle from your feet, tightness from your belly . . .

He would think of Harry and feed all his sorrow back down into the dirt. Then he would try to pull all that the man had given him – strength, energy, self-belief – up out of the ground.

Each night he thought less and less of the company of the other men, and more and more of his family. His mob. As he rolled into his swag, he took the moonstone out, then fell asleep with it in his hand, listening to the sounds of the river. And when he dreamt, they were beautiful dreams. He was lying in his own river, the Coachwood River. Harry, Annie, Lawson and Ryan, Tom and Jess, Rosie and even Grace were never far away.

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