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My name is Thomas McCallum and my story is about a journey through sixty years. I am writing this prologue last as my memory is beginning to falter, and I am not sure if I will be able to complete my story. It is a wonderful story about the passage of my life through joy and sadness, high mountains and deep ravines – the testimony of a life which leaves me with few regrets.
My journey begins as a small boy with much love for his family and a passion for all things in nature, growing up on the family farm with his companion dog Skipper. I am going to tell you about meeting Rose, the love of my life, and how our love overcame our differing beliefs and in time merged them into a wonderful understanding of spirituality. I am also going to tell you how a little boy came into our lives in circumstances beyond our control, but with an extraordinary conclusion.
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The Shotover River runs close to our farm, and the events of April 1949 have remained with me ever since that fateful day, when Skipper came into my life.
Mr McKenzie took us for a look around, firstly to a big shed with two tractors, other farm machines and equipment. I was allowed to climb up on the biggest tractor and was shown how to start the engine; Skipper got a big fright. They were much bigger than our little Ferguson, had big steel wheels at the back and rubber tyres at the front. There were drums alongside the shed, which were used to store fuel for the tractors and for the big electricity generators. At the end of the shed, we went through a large door into a roosting area with about fifty hens and three roosters. The property needed to be self-sufficient as it was so remote, Mr McKenzie told us, although the Earnslaw and other Steamers were able to bring important goods.
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