But still Dave and Jim shouting at Andy not to follow them and go in another direction and on the other hand Andy shouting at Tommy to go home leaving the cartridge but nothing was working out. With the panicking attempts made by Andy, the dog, Tommy thought that he was mistaken about Andy and hence left Andy. But Tommy again bounded after Dave.
But the Tommy was more delighted and excited about the game of chase thinking that the game turned to game of fetch. Hence, the dog ran behind the cartridge and brought it back. But ran after Jim who was well ahead. To get away Jim climbed up a sapling a young, skinny tree as much high as he could. So, Jim could only manage to stay just ten to twelve feet away from the ground and on the tree.
On the other hand, Tommy was holding the cartridge nicely and safely as if it was a kitten and capering at the foot of sapling with the attempts of leaping and whooping in between. Jim tried to climb high and high to the top of the tree but finally the broken branch fallen to the ground and Jim ran away immediately when he touched the ground. Tommy swooped and followed Jim again. Tommy who was following Jim stopped over the edge and looked at him with a sardonic smile for a moment.
Now Tommy takes off after Dave who was the only one in the sight as Andy hides behind a big log lying flat on his face. There were many bushmen standing around drinking in the bar and veranda. After knowing that the front door was closed, Tommy bounded around the hotel to find another way to enter and finally entered into the hotel through the back door.
Seeing Tommy, all the men scattered with shouting and the Tommy was after all of them in his own friendly way still carrying live cartridge in his mouth and the fuse attached to it is spluttering. All the people in the hotel burst out of the hotel to save their lives. Being a young dog, he wants to make friendship with everybody out there and bounded one after another but people scattered out in fear, not knowing the intention of Tommy.
The retriever, Tommy suddenly went in under the kitchen, there happened to meet a vicious feral yellow cattle-dog. This mongrel dog, whom the neighbours had tried for years to poison or shoot since the dog was been a neighbourhood problem for a while now.
So, Tommy saw his danger and ran away into the yard still holding the cartridge but half-way across the yard, the yellow mongrel caught up the Tommy and nipped him. Tommy in pain gave a terrified yell and rushed into the bush leaving the cartridge. Subsequently, the yellow dog followed Tommy to some distance and returned to check what Tommy had dropped.
Immediately, the other undomesticated surrounding dogs including cold-blooded kangaroo dogs, spidery, thievish, mongrel sheep and cattle dogs, vicious yellow and black dogs, etc.
The mongrel yellow dog sniffed at the cartridge twice and before the yellow dog tried to bite, the cartridge exploded so hard that the shack or nearby rattled. In the blast, the yellow dog was killed and some of the other dogs were hurt badly. When the dust and smoke was cleared away, the Bushmen found the remains of dead animals, seems panicking. Apart from that the Bushmen and their wives who witnessed the spectacle laughed uproariously recalling the whole act and commotion happened.
Eventually, Dave realized the situation and decided to apologize once the things had settled up and did apologize for the commotion, which had been created by his dog. While Tommy returned to its home with a longest, broadest, and reddest smile of amiability and his eyes tells that he had an apparent fun for one afternoon.
Andy chained the dog up and went on with his dinner preparations, while Dave went to help Jim to come out of the hole. Here after whenever the Bushmen sees Dave, they use to ask him about how fishing was going on. One of the main themes of the story is fear!! All the three men, Bushmen in the hotel, etc. The author uses literary techniques in the story to make it more realistic, descriptive, and engaging.
The techniques include alliteration, simile, dialect, imagery, and repetition. About the dog character: Till the end of the story, Tommy remains unaware of what he has done and what are the consequences for the fun he has for few hours holding the live cartridge in his mouth.
They say this story is very funny. Yet I didn't laugh or smile a single time through my reading. Feb 09, Benjamin Stahl rated it liked it. Pretty hilarious. I can imagine this being done wonderfully as an old-fashioned silent comedy. Dec 08, James Biser rated it it was amazing. This is a laugh riot.
Fishing with dynamite is always a fun notion; unfortunately, a hyper-active dog that is a great retriever, but poorly trained throws a terrible problem into the activity of blowing up fish. This is a hilarious fun romp that everyone should enjoy reading. Nov 08, Linette rated it it was amazing. I laughed so hard I nearly cried and then I handed it to my son who laughed even harder.
I could hear the voices of the protagonists and see the dog running after them. Brilliant black humour. Sep 12, Peter Macinnis rated it it was amazing Shelves: australia , history , humor , literature , language. If you read one piece of Australian humour before you die, make it this finely-crafted piece from the s.
Jan 08, Joelle. Oct 23, Iain Hamill rated it it was amazing Shelves: humour. Very amusing. Oct 11, Maria rated it really liked it Shelves: australian-author , school , Enjoyed studying this in my english tutoring lessons. Hayden Park rated it really liked it Apr 12, Pablo Zula rated it it was amazing Dec 14, Leo rated it it was amazing Apr 24, Vanessa rated it liked it Feb 23, Helen rated it did not like it Aug 04, Jill rated it it was amazing Jun 15, Eunivy rated it it was amazing Sep 14, Konstandina rated it it was amazing Aug 17, Steph rated it liked it Mar 17, Scott Harris rated it really liked it Aug 31, Stephanotis Floribunda rated it it was amazing Dec 25, Arun Sankar rated it really liked it Jul 30, Gregory rated it really liked it Mar 11, Miffy rated it it was amazing Jan 05, Note: Abridged.
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