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Sam and Bangs live in a fishing community, where her father works
with the other men at sea. Prone to telling tale of gross
exaggeration, Sam is warned repeatedly by her father not to tell
"moonshine" (as he refers to her tales and stories). One day, Sam's
father encourages her to go a whole day without indulging in
moonshine, and then he's off. While gone, Sam's younger friend
Thomas arrives to inquire after her supposed pet of a baby kangaroo.
Every day Thomas asks to see the pet, and every day Sam tells him
that it just left and where Thomas can go to find it. On this
particular day Sam sends the boy to a "cave behind Blue Rock". As
Thomas leaves Bangs remarks (as the wise old cat was wont to do)
that the tide rises early at Blue Rock that day. Sam doesn't wish to
have anything to do with the matter so Bangs goes himself to find
Thomas. When the rain begins to fall heavily and neither Thomas nor
Bangs return, Sam gets a rude awakening as to the extent to which
moonshine can harm the ones she loves. |
