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    The wombat and the ballet girl
    The wombat and the ballet girl
    The wombat and the ballet girl
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    The wombat and the ballet girl

    By Sam G. Schouten

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    The remarkable hero of this book is Rom, a wombat. By chance he meets the sad Jenny, who dreams of being a ballet dancer. Her nasty classmates however won't let her.
    Rom joins forces with Miss Tiptoe, the driving force behind the Petrova School of Ballet.
    This formidable pair makes for a blistering 'finale'.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSam G. Schouten
    Release dateAug 15, 2010
    ISBN9781452359021
    The wombat and the ballet girl
    Author

    Sam G. Schouten

    Sam G.Schouten was born just after the war. The BBC-war-correspondent Frank Gillard -on becoming his godfather- gave him his second given name Gillard. In 2007 he moved to Australia where he joined the "Upper Yarra U3A" creative writing class. The rest of his free time is spend as a "Friend of the helmeted honeyeater" an endangered bird of exceptional beauty. A sequel to his first, "The wombat and the princess" is be expected on Smashwords around X-mas.

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      Book preview

      The wombat and the ballet girl - Sam G. Schouten

      THE WOMBAT AND THE BALLET GIRL

      by

      Sam G.Schouten

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      for Acacia

      PUBLISHED BY:

      Sam G.Schouten on Smashwords

      The wombat and the ballet girl

      Copyright © 2010 by Sam G.Schouten

      All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the permission of the writer.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

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      Preface

      A wombat is a marsupial, indigenous to Australia only. He forages at night and sleeps in the day. He is an exceptionally strong but quiet animal that lives a solitary life. He is known however to share his burrow at

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