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    Battle of Boodicuttup Creek
    Battle of Boodicuttup Creek
    Battle of Boodicuttup Creek
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    Battle of Boodicuttup Creek

    By Laurel Lamperd

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    Leanna, Shane and Mitch are shocked when Charlie Buckle and Jem Gasper dam the creek. It will stop the flow of water to the pool where an injured cormorant and other birds live.
    They organize a petition.
    Is there magic in Uncle Rolly’s bullroarer? Will a mysterious Great Goanna be of help or hindrance How will Shane and Mitch avoid a fight with the Gasper boys?
    Suitable for 7-11 year chilren

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLaurel Lamperd
    Release dateDec 10, 2009
    ISBN9781452306100
    Battle of Boodicuttup Creek
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    Laurel Lamperd

    I write poetry, short stories and novels. My books are published in print and download.I live on the south coast of Western Australia in a small seaside town. Some of my interests are history,watching the ballet, reading and gardening, not necessarily in that order.

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      Battle of Boodicuttup Creek - Laurel Lamperd

      Battle of Boodicuttup Creek

      Laurel Lamperd

      Published 2008 by You Write On

      www.youwriteon.com

      Smashwords Edition 2010

      Copyright © 2010 Laurel Lamperd

      All rights reserved.

      Cover design by Dawn Lamperd

      Fiction by Laurel Lamperd

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      Chapter 1

      Shane Dalton and Mitch Darcy sat on the outcrop of rock and stared into the deep pool of Boodicuttup Creek. Tree branches cast shadows over the water’s surface, their growth so dense, the sunlight only shone on the pool during the middle of the day.

      There’s the cormorant, Mitch said.

      Shane watched the cormorant emerge from an overhang of low bush which formed a hidey-hole at the edge of the water.

      The bird glided across the pool to the road crossing a few metres away and clambered over the rocks where it sat, basking in the afternoon sunshine.

      Shane peered at it through the binoculars he’d sneaked from the top of his mother’s kitchen cupboard.

      Mitch pushed his curly hair back from his forehead. What’s the cormorant doing?

      Nothing. It’s just sitting there. Shane put the binoculars on his knee.

      Let me have a look. Mitch held out his hand.

      Shane passed him the binoculars.

      Mitch stared through them. Gee! It looks like one of those vultures you see on T.V.

      That’s because it’s black. It doesn’t have a hooked beak like a vulture.

      There’s someone coming down the hill on a bike. Mitch followed the rider with the binoculars. The rider dipped down the rise and vanished out of sight before coming into view again. It’s Leanna Browning.

      What’s she doing here? Shane said.

      Mitch followed Leanna’s progress. She’s stopped. She’s leant her bike against a tree. She’s creeping towards the cormorant. He stood to get a better view.

      His sudden movement startled the bird. It dived into the pool and paddled downstream to vanish among a patch of thick bush growing along the bank.

      Leanna rode across the creek and stopped at the side of the road below Shane and Mitch. She looked neat, dressed in jeans and a blue checked blouse, and her fair hair was tied back in a ponytail by a matching ribbon.

      Shane realized how untidy he was in his grubby tee shirt.

      Mitch remembered the rip in the back of his shorts he’d caught on a twig and sat down hurriedly on a slab of rock.

      You’ve frightened the cormorant. Leanna’s voice sounded accusing.

      Mitch looked sheepish. It’ll be back.

      How long have you known about the cormorant living here? Leanna asked.

      We saw it ten days ago, Shane said.

      Dad and I found it two weeks ago.

      Shane and Mitch glanced at each other. They had thought of the cormorant as belonging to them and were shocked to discover Leanna had known about it before they did.

      Have you seen it fly? Leanna asked.

      No, Shane and Mitch said together.

      We haven’t either. Dad thinks it’s hurt. That’s why it’s living here by itself. It’s a Great Cormorant. I read about it in the bird book that I borrowed from the school library. Its other names are Black Cormorant and Black Shag.

      Shane and Mitch stared in dislike at Leanna. Neither of them had thought to look in the library at school to discover more about cormorants.

      Dad and I are going to search for the cormorant’s nesting place, Leanna said.

      Shane and Mitch knew where there was an old cormorant-nesting colony but

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