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    Oliver...the Oil Pump
    Oliver...the Oil Pump
    Oliver...the Oil Pump
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    Oliver...the Oil Pump

    By B E Holland

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    OLIVER the OIL-PUMP is a fully illustrated children's book for the young at heart... and 7-14 year olds.
    An ideal goodnight book for the younger!.

    OLIVER is the story of a little oil pump sent off to Indonesia to pump oil out of the ground. He is different from other pumps - not only can he talk but he loves making friends.
    The story takes him from the factory where he was made in the USA, by train, container ship and a barge pulled by a tugboat, then by truck to an oilfield on Sumatra.

    Finally located deep in the jungle, he meets all manner of animals - elephants, a tiger and a cobra, birds and a mischievous monkey.

    For years, he happily pumps oil and entertains his friends until one day it all changes ... fire threatens.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS
    Release dateDec 8, 2013
    ISBN9781310414442
    Oliver...the Oil Pump
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    B E Holland

    B. E. Holland, an Australian oil and gas engineer has been an inveterate traveller, his work taking him to more than fifty countries. This debut novel has been in the pipeline for about ten years. Several other unpublished stories are waiting for retirement. The Author lives in Western Australia, has a small fishing boat he never finds time to launch and a vintage car whose restoration remains on hold.The story, spanning seventy years, tells of despair and hope, and love won and lost. When World War II was finally over, migrants from all over the world arrived in Australia to escape the hardships they had endured. They made lives for themselves despite the prejudices levelled by the old Australians.Refugees was not the buzzword then – they were migrants, the new Australians.This is one of their stories...

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      Book preview

      Oliver...the Oil Pump - B E Holland

      Chapter One

      Oliver the Oil-pump was born when Fred the Fitter plugged him into the electricity for his first time. Oliver was sure of the time when he heard the midday hooter shouting, Midday, time to have lunch! It is midday – lunchtime! The hooter shouted again so everybody heard. Fred turned him off and took his lunch to the lunchroom.

      He was not born in a hospital – he was made in a big factory in America. The other Oil-pumps were big, but Oliver was small. At first, Oliver was concerned at being so tiny, but later he found he was a special order and that made him happy. When he discovered he was part of a family of Oil-pumps – even if the others towered over him – he was even happier.

      After lunch Fred switched him on again and Oliver started to hum. After a second or two he started to whirr, his head bobbed up and down and his arms swung around. Fred was pleased as he admired Oliver's actions and checked his performance.

      There was a smell of warm paint and hot oil as he spun. Fred told Oliver, That's alright …it is normal with new machinery. Oliver felt good being able to move and he sang as he completed his factory trials.

      Before long, the big controller came by – he listened carefully to Oliver’s whirr and song, then pasted a big 'OK' on Oliver’s side, and switched him off. A small trolley took Oliver to the delivery yard. It tickled as Oliver was sprayed with a special tropical coating. The steel straps they put around him felt firm, and he settled down to wait.

      Oliver had been made especially for Indonesia. Now that he had been checked, he

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