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    Possum and Python
    Possum and Python
    Possum and Python
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    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).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIan Burns
    Release dateMar 19, 2012
    ISBN9781476228631
    Possum and Python
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    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

      eBook edition

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the copyright owners.

      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.

      This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. It may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your book store and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

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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

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