Ronnie

Ronnie

The red headed devil who loves swimming like a fish.

His flashing smile lights up the room when he enters,

the cheeky grin spreads widely across his face,

as he thinks of another prank to play.

Surrounded by his annoying younger sisters,

Ronnie is the leader of the pack,

Mum works tirelessly to keep all the kids on track

while dad gets the beer and drinks it all,

Dash the canary is yellow and black

he squawks at Ronnie all day long,

Twigs the budgie is making a big ding dong.

War letters - Holly

Hello Ma

It’s summer, there are a lot of flies and lice and also the food is horrible. People have died,there is also people lying dead in our trench.

In winter our guns froze so we could not use them. We enjoyed having snowball fights.The trenches were knee deep in mud and slush and sometimes there are spots that you could fall into.

From

Holly    

War Letter - Mila

Gallipoli 1916

Hi Ma                                                                                                           

It's winter here and the cold is almost unbearable.A large proportion of our men are either sick or already dead. We can't even fire our guns for the triggers have jammed and our hands are too numb.

Many of the trenches are filled with icy water including ours,sometimes it will start snowing in the night and you will end up buried under a thick layer of the pure white flakes that has wiped out a great number of our soldiers. It's not all bad though we all try to have a laugh now and then. One day a group of men from my trench pulled a prank on my friend Corrie,we all laughed when she woke up with bits of hard tak frozen all over her face.

My hand is getting numb and sore so I can't write anymore, but will send a note to you soon.

Love Mila