Oh look there's Ruth… wonder if I should tell her about my condolences for her father. What's she doing here, oh wait,
I know why she's here, that boy William, the one from the wheat farm, his father died in the explosion, I remember seeing the cloud, looking a bit like a mushroom. I can't help but wonder how the father didn’t see the fire, maybe he did see it, but he wouldn't have killed himself? Things were going bad on the farm, but surely not that bad? Ruth looks so concerned, I can see her forehead creasing with anxiousness. But she shouldn’t be too worried, he's a young boy, he'll be able to pull through this, strong little might that one is, a good kid, smart little lad, always saw him doing his homework when I picked up Molly from school.
I wonder if the doctors have told Ruth about the boys ear infection, I overheard some nurses gossiping about it during their lunch break. I remember having an ear infection once, fortunately the doctors fixed me up before things got too bad. Oh lord, I'm freaking myself out now, imaginin' if it hadn't treated in…show more content… I know it's not just John who's being racist, I wish I could have helped the few aboriginal folk in my store, they only came down the Darling Downs to revisit their land, instead they received verbal abuse from some white blokes, claiming that the Abos only wanted to steal the farmland, that them white boys put so much work into, to make a life for their families, but these aborigines kept ignoring them, shaking their head, saying they just want their acknowledgement, and rights to be on their land.
I didn’t know what to say back to that, so I just nodded my head. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but I honestly feel this new law, about there never being such thing as Terra Nullus is for the best, 'cause if we aren't allowing them to have rights to their land, aren't we just repeating the racist actions our ancestors
