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Children's Adventure Friendship & Family  3 min

Nelson Packrat

Sharyn Ba.

Sharyn Ba.

Sharyn Bajerai was born in Perth, Western Australia. After completing a secretarial course she went to work at a bank. She was on the phone the day it was robbed and luckily missed the action. She now works part time for a flag company and enjoys her days writing, travelling and hiking the many trails in Perth’s hills with her family and six grandsons. "Nelson Packrat" was originally published in The School Magazine (part of the NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre). It is now a part of Short Édition's series, The Current.

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Originally published in NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre, School Magazine
Nelson Packrat was a pack rat who lived in a small cave. One day his mother looked around the tunnels of their nest and thought it was time for a spring cleaning."Nelson, I can barely get into your room. You've collected too many things. You need to get rid of some of them.""But Mum, I need everything," he said."What about this?" Mrs Packrat asked, pointing to a coloured brooch. "What do you need that for?""It was the first thing I brought home. It's my favourite."Mrs Packrat looked into Nelson's big, bright, bulging black eyes. "Yes, I remember now. It is very pretty." She sighed and then poi

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