Grandpa’s jokes
Granny’s stories
My mum will tell little sister
Big sister has curly hair
And she’s a fine singer
My mum will tell her
like Janey told Tim
They won’t forget me
I won’t forget them
A kookaburra calls
KOO – KOO – KAA – KAA
The bird skims the treetops
swoops low over me and Tim
soars away
Tim’s eyes go big
Janey loved kookaburras
They special to her
like mudlarks are special to me
What you think, Annie?
Is sister flyin’ home?
Tears stream down my cheeks
Yeah, Tim
she’s gone home
We gaze after the kookaburra
You know what, Annie?
Someday
I’ll grow me own feathers
Fly home to Mum and Dad
and Granny Alice
like Janey wanted
I give Tim a shaky smile
If birds have wings
so do songs
Tonight
when all the girls are sleeping
I will send a song
on the moonlight
to my mum
She will hear my song in a dream
Listen to my voice
Know it’s me
I am not lost, Mum
Watch for me
Someday
I am coming home
Tim looks up at me
Home’s waitin’ for us, Annie
And we are waiting for home
I squeeze his hand
Someday, Tim
we’ll all fly free
Sally Morgan was born in Perth, in 1951.
She has published books for both adults
and children, including her acclaimed
autobiography, My Place.
Sally is also a celebrated artist and has works
in many private and public collections.
First published in 2015 by
FREMANTLE PRESS
25 Quarry Street, Fremantle 6160
Western Australia
www.fremantlepress.com.au
Copyright © Sally Morgan, 2015.
The moral rights of the author have been asserted.
This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries should be made to the publisher.
Cover design by traceygibbs.com.au.
Printed by Everbest Printing Company, China.
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication data
Morgan, Sally, 1951– author.
Sister heart / Sally Morgan.
ISBN 9781925163131 (hbk)
Children, Aboriginal Australian—Juvenile fiction.
Children, Aboriginal Australian—Institutional care
—Juvenile fiction.
A823.3
Publication of this title was assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Fremantle Press is supported by the State Government through the Department of Culture and the Arts.