Possum and Python
By Ian Burns
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She lay on a great branch high above the rain forest floor, a splendid creature, shimmering black hair glistening in the starlight.
Above her, on an even higher branch, another splendid creature, a mortal enemy.
She didn’t know it was there, and it wasn’t interested in her, but an extraordinary adventure was about to begin.
A tale of surprise, dedication, and, above all, love (which, as we all know, can change the world).
Ian Burns
Ian is the fourth generation in his family to become a published author, his maternal grandfather, Bernard Capes, Bernard's uncle,and Bernard's son, Renalt, preceding him.Ian’s own writing began in secondary school, and extended into comedy sketches and lyrics for the stage in his early twenties. Later he found himself writing for the Education Department, and, after going into private practice, writing reports, proposals, and scripts for training videos and some television commercials.The catalyst for fiction writing was a story a colleague told him one day about a bunch of kids riding home on the back of a huge horse, which insisted on walking through a dam!This led to his first book, Scratcher (1987).Since then he has written and published Lissie Pendle, The Search for Quong, Ranga Plays Australia, The Day and Night Machine, Possum and Python, Twevven and the big bigger biggest baby burp, and Twevven in a very dangerous situation for children and, for adults, Thomas Bulford’s English Companion, Thomas Bulford’s Essays on Life, Language & Love, Ranga Plays Australia, and The Alone Man.Ian is active in his local community, having being involved in Scouting for more than thirty years, founded a Friends environmental rehabilitation group and is an active member of another, was President of a badminton association for seven years, and has arranged for a group of family and friends to provide long-term support to third-world women seeking financial assistance to grow their businesses. He received a Commonwealth Community Australia Day Award in 2006.He has three adult children and nine grand-children.Currently he is Chairman of Fairy Green Australia Pty Ltd, a company dedicated to inspiring and connecting the children of the world through an internet project titled The Great Hall of Dreams.
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Possum and Python - Ian Burns
Possum and Python
Ian B G Burns
Copyright Ian B G Burns 2005
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eBook titles by Ian Burns
Scratcher (First Niamong book) (illustrations by Bruce Rankin)
Lissie Pendle (Second Niamong book)
Possum and Python
The Alone Man
The Search for Quong (Third Niamong book)
Thomas Bulford’s English Companion
Thomas Bulford’s Essays on Life, Language & Love
Ranga Plays Australia (Fourth Niamong book)
The Day and Night Machine (First Jess story)
Twevven and the horrible big bigger biggest baby burp (illustrations by Lauren Eldridge-Murray)
Twevven in a very dangerous situation (illustrations by Lauren Eldridge-Murray)
The Package on the Tram (Second Jess story)
Sequel to The Day and Night Machine
The Wisdom of Harkishen Singh (with old photos)
Beethoven! a play with music
For Jenny
She lay on a great branch high above the rain forest floor.
It was her favourite, a bough as solid as the