First person in That Eye, the Sky 1: Saying goodbye

Saying goodbye

Introduction

Let's read the opening passage from That Eye, the Sky.

Dad has the ute going outside. I am behind Mum. Her dress has got flowers all on it, none of them much to look at. Her bum moves around when she laughs. Dad always says she has a bum like an angry mob which means nothing to me but a lot to him, I reckon. I can hear the rooster crorking out the back. He's a mean rooster—goes for your pills when you collect the eggs.

"Seeyaz." That's Dad going. He revs the ute up. He's in a hurry, going to town for Mr Cherry.

"Wave him off, Ort," Mum says to me. She always reckons you should show people you love them when they go away because you might never see them again. They might die. The world might end. But Dad's only going to town for an hour. It's business for Mr Cherry. And there he goes, out the drive and onto the road.

That Eye, the SkyTim WintonSource

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A lot of what we’ll be unpacking in this scene is the relationships between the characters.

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