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    Never Say Never
    Never Say Never
    Never Say Never
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    Never Say Never

    By Marg Watt

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    Through Marko and Jessie, two Australian Rock Wallabies, this superb tale teaches us that we should all never say that we can't do something, because if we only apply ourselves to the things that we believe we can't do; we will soon discover that in fact we could do them all along.

    These two charming animals lead a small group of other zoo escapees into Hallowed Hollow and a happy, free future with the aid of Erp, the magpie.

    This tale will have you laughing and cheering them along on their sometimes hazardous journey.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMoorna Publications
    Release dateJan 17, 2012
    ISBN9780987106995
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      Never Say Never - Marg Watt

      Tales from Hallowed Hollow

      Never Say Never

      Written by

      Marg Watt

      Moorna Publications

      Text copyright © Marg Watt 2010

      Illustrations copyright © Jenny Finn 2010

      ISBN: 978-0-9871069-9-5

      Published by Moorna Publications at Smashwords

      The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted by any means or entity, including internet search engines or retailers, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying (except under statutory exceptions provisions of the Australian Copyright Act 1968), recording, scanning, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the prior written permission of Moorna Publications.

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      Never Say Never

      "You’re crazy I tell you, stark staring mad. We’d never get away with it, no matter what you say. They’d miss us in no time at all and they’d catch us again before we got out of here and few hops down the road." Marko told Jessie flatly.

      If you’re not up for it just say so Marko, and I’ll risk it alone. But what have we really got to lose? It’s not as if they can take our freedom away is it? Jessie asked him, We’ve been locked up within these walls since the day they bought us here after catching us out in the bush back home in Oz.

      But if it was as easy to escape as you seem to think it would be, why haven’t any of the others in here tried it before now? Marko argued reasonably.

      Perhaps it’s because they are happy enough to stick around being stared at every sun cycle, or perhaps it’s because they really like eating those disgusting tasting pellet things we are offered to eat all the time. She told him. Let’s face it Marko, they were all born in this place so they don’t know any difference.

      Well, that’s hardly their own fault is it Jess? None of us can choose where we are born can we? Marko argued back.

      I know that Marko, and I’m not suggesting that any of them is less of a decent creature for it, but you and I weren’t born into captivity, and I don’t want Shelly being stuck in here all her life either. She told him as she indicated toward her pouch where their first-born female joey was snuggled down warm and safe.

      The young joey had made its way into Jessie’s pouch as a tiny naked and blind thing only a couple of months previously.

      Is that what all this nonsense is all about Jessie? Marko asked You wanting to see Shelly free and enjoying her life out in the bush as we once did?

      Yes Marko, I will admit that’s part of it, but it’s not the only reason. It’s also a matter of wanting to be free again myself, and living a life as it was intended to be lived, out there, free in the bush. Not existing as something that sits around here all sun cycle long, living among huge chunks of concrete some human made up. They think it will trick us into believing it is natural rock and billabongs. Jessie attempted to explain as best she could. We know the differences between the real thing and this. And this just doesn’t feel right under my paws, and never will do as long as I live.

      Marko gazed around the Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby enclosure they lived in before he replied, You have a good point there Jess, and I admit that I don’t like being here any more than you do, but I just can’t see how we can do much about it. We wouldn’t know where to go if we ever did escape from here, and even if we wanted to try, you have to admit that the walls around us are far too straight and high to break out of in the first place. He told her logically. We’d never be able to escape from here.

      Never say never Marko. Jessie told him. My mama used to tell me that anything is possible if you put your mind to it and decided to try hard enough.

      Maybe she did, but she wasn’t stolen away from her natural home before being stuck in a place like this so far away from her homeland was she? he asked.

      No, she wasn’t, but if she had been she would have done everything she could possibly do to break back out of it again, and then escape to somewhere else to live her life in freedom as The Great Spirit intended us all to do. Jessie told him bluntly. I intend to try and do the self same thing so Shelly never has to live as we’re being forced to right now, locked up in a place of concrete with gum trees that seem to hate it as much as we do. Look at them all Marko, they’re dying slowly, and the reason for it is because even a gum tree can’t stand living a life surrounded by concrete. We’re Australian Yellow Footed Rock Wallabies, not fancy looking budgies!

      "I don’t want Shelly to have to live this way either Jess, but I just can’t see how we could ever hope to escape this enclosure. It’s not as if any of

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