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‘Running Down to the Beach’, ‘Willigumble — Late as Usual’,
‘The Adventures of Chank’, ‘Spring in the Air’ and ‘The King’s Party’
first published in Bottersnikes and Gumbles by William Collins (Australia) Pty Ltd in 1967 ‘Supergumble’, ‘The Palace-mobile’, ‘The Art of Catching Gumbles’,
‘The Artist and the Dreamer’ and ‘Dump Development Scheme’
first published in Gumbles on Guard by William Collins (Australia) Pty Ltd in 1975
‘Hot and Strong’, ‘Tinkingumble and the Dry Water’ and ‘Casting the Votes’
first published in Gumbles in Summer by William Collins (Australia) Pty Ltd in 1979
‘The Dark Forest’, ‘Gumbleducks’ and ‘The Qwertyuiop’
first published in Gumbles in Trouble by William Collins (Australia) Pty Ltd in 1990
Text copyright individual editions © S. A. Wakefield 1967, 1975, 1979, 1989
Text copyright The Adventures of Bottersnikes and Gumbles © Betty Wakefield 2016
Illustrations copyright individual editions © Desmond Digby 1967, 1975, 1979, 1989
Illustrations copyright The Adventures of Bottersnikes and Gumbles © Brendan Gillis 2016
Cover illustrations by Desmond Digby
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CONTENTS
Tinkingumble and the Dry Water
Bottersnikes are the laziest creatures, probably, in the whole world.
They are too lazy to dig burrows, like rabbits, or to find hollow trees to live in as the small animals do, and would be horrified at the work of building nests, like birds. Bottersnikes find their homes readymade, in rubbish heaps. When they find a pile of tins, pots, pans and junk, they think it is lovely, and crawl in. And live there, sleeping mostly.
