Finding the Pelicans

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Setting

The sandhills of the Coorong after hunters have been through.

Summary

Storm Boy finds three baby pelicans whose mother was shot by hunters. He takes them home and looks after them even though his dad says they will have to go back to the wild one day.

Characters in this chapter

Storm Boy

Hide-Away Tom

Fingerbone Bill

Vocabulary

Coorong

A long narrow stretch of water and sandhills in South Australia.

humpy

A small rough hut or shelter.