Contents

Contents : the day i fought a doberman by ted dawe -- moa mystery by Janice Marriott -- The Nikau racers by Melanie Drewery -- Bobby Brown’s Business Ventures by Kath Beattie -- my chance to be a tv star by Pat Quinn -- Ghost train by Bill Nagelkerke -- our robot by Lorraine Williams -- Dog Star by Adrienne Jansen -- The Bonfire by Alan Bagnall -- The world’s worst jersery by Rachel Hayward -- City camping by Chang Shih Yen -- saved by the string by Feana Tu’akoi -- read the label by Marie Gibson -- abracadabra by Lorraine Orman -- all the way up and all the way down by Adrienne M. Frater -- email runaway by Feana Tu’akoi -- The swimming hole by Margaret Wilkins -- rainbow ribbons by Marie Gibson -- magpies can’t count by Jane Buxton -- the test by David Hill -- coming ready or not by James Norcliffe -- A sunday drive by Janice Leitch -- Clementine’s wish by Jan Thorburn -- bobtail by Jane Buxton -- Bozo in the poplar tree by James Norcliffe -- Keeping afloat by David Hill -- the climber by Marie Gibson -- the great camp-out by Elizabeth Pulford -- the big one by Eleanor Hughes -- Mr nelson’s jumper by Sophie Fern -- acknowledgements -- index of stories by author.