Walkabout

A detailed Summary of Walkabout

Mary and Peter were very lucky. They survived a plane crash that annihilated many others. But they had to pay a big price because the survived the crash.. They would have to live in the Australian Outback for seven weeks. Those seven weeks would be exhausting, hard, and full of instruction. The things they learned would prove to be very useful skills in their later life.

In the seven weeks that Mary and Peter were stuck in the Australian dessert they live with an Aboriginal boy out on his walkabout. Walkabout is a six-eight week trip which Aboriginal boys go on to prove their manhood. They also find their spiritual animal on this trip.

At first, Mary is very worried. She hopes Peter won't see it in her because she does not need him to be very worried at the time. They find a little ecosystem with fruit, water, and shade. They decide to wait here as long as they can. Good Choice. In a few days a Aboriginal boy comes around. Just in time too, for they just ran out of fruit and water. The Aboriginal boy is very fascinated with them. He laughs at their actions and pleas for water. Then, things get desperate. Peter starts to riot. He says "Please, Water, Wat

In the morning they got up and walked.They walked for two days straight. Then they came to a cliff. Up the cliff they climbed. Then at the top they saw their vision. The clouds parted and they saw food and water. There were Billabongs, hundreds of them. Then the clouds parted and they stumbled on, smiling. They stayed in the valley for several days. One morning when they woke up, Mary noticed a thin line of smoke coming up from behind several trees. She woke Peter and together they watched the smoke rise and fall. Suddenly Mary realized that it was a smoke signal. She and Peter made a fire and put out smoke signals in return. A black man and his daughter appeared from behind a tree. They communicated with motions and tried to with words. Then after a little while the Aboriginal man motioned for Mary and Peter to follow him. He led them to a house. Then he and the girl left. Mary and Peter looked at each other and walked toward the house. That was the end of the book.

For many days and weeks they walk, stopping occasionally to drink, play, or eat food. By day the aboriginie hunts kangaroo, or other rodent animals. By night they sit by the fire watching the rodents cook. They eat their share and drink water until they fall asleep. In the morning they are off walking again. This went on for weeks on end. Until the aboriginal got sick. He sat by the fire and refused to get up. In his point of view, his time had come to die the lubra looked

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Approximate Word count = 976
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English