...."we saw this big dark red leech hanging off his back. We were dancing round yelling: โWeโll burn it off! Get the petrol! Stay still Mr Kassar, you can trust us!โ He wimped out though, and made us use salt. Very boring.
John MarsdenI'm a person of the mountains and the open paddocks and the big empty sky, that's me, and I knew if I spent too long away from all that I'd die; I don't know what of, I just knew I'd die.
John MarsdenAt that age you think boys have as much personality as coat hangers and, you don't notice their looks. Then you grow up.
John MarsdenPale as ice you passed me by; I wondered what you really felt, And waited through the changing times, To see if you would one day melt. I thought that ice would melt with warmth, But there were thing I did not know: The sun can touch the outer layers But does not reach the deepest snow. Winter sometimes seems like years, Summer's sometimes far away, But winter always turns to summer, As surely as does night to day.
John Marsden