Her name is Amina. The keeper of the tribe's goats, she knows all the paths and all the trails on the great plateau of white stones that stretches all the way to the horizon. She walks and hops on the ... [+]
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