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He felt fit and happy. The air was just cold enough to be fresh. He snuggled into his field jacket and thought pleasurable thoughts about Allison. ‘She likes me,’ he decided. ‘Oooh! I’d like to get her alone somewhere! What a pity...’ But he knew he wasn’t in love with Allison. ‘She would be nice...
Graham moved faster and soon reached the other bank. He at once scrambled up and moved in among the trees. Peter heaved a sigh of relief. If anyone was going to shoot they have left it too late, he decided. A minute later he also crouched behind a tree on the far bank. Graham lay behind a bush an...
Even before the sun touched the upper slopes of Bartle Frere they were perspiring. Kylie noted this as she walked with Margaret down to the river to fill her water bottles. She was feeling much better, although stiff and chafed from the previous days march. ‘At least we do...
These were then handed to the section commanders for distribution to cadets. Sliding them onto his shoulder straps made Graham feel quite special and he was torn by a mixture of emotions. He knew he was looking forward to the exercise as an event, yet afraid of failing as a leader. There were als...
Beyond was another channel that was almost waist deep. The water in this was flowing and not so muddy. He could see the plane circling a good kilometre back to the east and got glimpses of the helicopter over near the highway. ‘We will have to risk being seen,’ he decided....
As they sounded like his parents talking to an adult he just went on with his painting. Footsteps in the corridor made him look around, paint brush poised. It was his father. “A visitor for you Willy,” he said. Mystified Willy wiped the brush and pl...
At breakfast the next morning Andrew’s father held up the morning newspaper. “Well, the secret is out now,” he said. Andrew stared at the headline appalled. LOCAL MARITIME MYSTERY SOLVED? it read. &nb...
He felt frightened and miserable. There wasn’t a single person visible on the main wharf or on the vessels berthed there. No small craft were moving anywhere on the inlet as far as he could see. By this time the current had carried him as far down the channel as the end of...