Chapter One   I opened my eyes to dull spaciousness, and a silence as muffling as cotton wool. I was in a hospital bed. Had I been ill?  I didn’t feel pain or weakness. Come to think of it, I didn’t feel anything!  I pushed back the grey-white covers and slid off the high bed. Although I only wore a skimpy hospital gown, I was neither warm nor cold, and the floor under my bare feet was just slippery. … Continue reading Caught in Willaburra by Margaret Pearce