Where the forest meets the sea
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My father knows a place we can only reach by boat.
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Not many people go there and you have to know the way through the forest.
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When we arrive, cockatoos rise from the forest in a squawking cloud.My father says there has been a forest here for over a hundred million years.
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My father says there used to be crocodiles here, and kangaroos that lived in trees. Maybe there still are.
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I follow a creek into the rainforest.
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I pretend it is a hundred million years ago.
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On the bank of the creek, the vines and the creepers try to hold me back.I push through. Now the forest is easy to walk in.
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I sit very still….and watch.….and listen.I wonder how long it takes the trees to grow to the top of the forest.
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I find an ancient tree. It is hollow. Perhaps aboriginal forest children played here, too.
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I climb inside the tree.It’s dark, but the twisted roots make windows.This is a good place to hide.
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It is time to go and find my father.I think I hear the sea.I walk towards the sound.
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My father has made a fire and is cooking the fish he caught.
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I like fish cooked this way.But then I feel sad……because the day has gone so quickly.My father says we’ll come here again someday.
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But will the forest be here when we come back?
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