The Lost Diary
One of the children you recognise as your friend Thomas. He is a year older than you and is well known as being quite a likeable larrikin. He notices you watching and calls you over.
He and the remaining children are taking turns at jumping across a huge, water filled pothole by the side of the street.
After you greet each other with a playful punch he explains to you what is happening, with a good-natured grin on his freckled, red-haired face.
"We tryin' to jump ova dis potole'. When somebodi makes it, we move da startin' stik back a bit. C'mon, ava shot!
He and the remaining children are taking turns at jumping across a huge, water filled pothole by the side of the street.
After you greet each other with a playful punch he explains to you what is happening, with a good-natured grin on his freckled, red-haired face.
"We tryin' to jump ova dis potole'. When somebodi makes it, we move da startin' stik back a bit. C'mon, ava shot!