The Dreamers — Noora's Quest
R.Y. Suben
- Noora,
- an
- Australian
- indigenous
- girl
- stolen
- from
- her
- people,
- is
- forced
- to
- live
- in
- a
- Mission
- school.
- Treated
- as
- a
- number
- and
- told
- how
- lucky
- she
- is
- to
- be
- a
- part
- of
- true
- civilized
- life,
- Noora
- remembers
- the
- myths
- her
- mother
- told
- her
- and
- the
- songs
- she
- sang.
- She
- remembers
- the
- names
- of
- the
- animals,
- and
- how
- to
- talk
- to
- them
- in
- the
- friendliest
- of
- ways.
- When
- an
- opportunity
- comes,
- she
- escapes
- to
- look
- for
- her
- three
- guardians
- who
- can
- help
- her
- find
- a
- way
- back
- home,
- just
- as
- her
- mom
- told
- her
- in
- her
- dreams.From
- a
- small,
- sleepy
- hamlet,
- Alice
- and
- Rocky
- embark
- on
- separate
- yet
- equally
- important
- quests.
- Alice,
- a
- sheep
- who
- lives
- in
- a
- barn
- on
- a
- not-so-tasty
- field,
- runs
- away
- to
- search
- for
- the
- most
- delicious,
- greenest
- grass
- there
- is.
- Rocky,
- a
- friendly
- goat,
- is
- bored
- of
- his
- stomping
- grounds
- around
- the
- hamlet
- and
- goes
- on
- a
- quest
- for
- the
- tallest
- cliff
- to
- climb.Nina,
- a
- giraffe,
- outsmarts
- the
- dimwitted
- officials
- from
- a
- Sydney
- zoo
- and
- escapes
- because
- she
- wants
- to
- return
- to
- her
- African
- home.
- She
- makes
- her
- way
- into
- the
- bush
- where
- she
- meets
- Rocky
- and
- Alice.Alice,
- Rocky,
- and
- Nina
- cross
- paths
- with
- Noora
- and
- they
- decide
- to
- travel
- together.
- Moved
- by
- Noora's
- story
- about
- being
- a
- Stolen
- Girl,
- Alice,
- Rocky,
- and
- Nina
- give
- up
- their
- quests
- to
- help
- Noora
- find
- her
- three
- guardians
- to
- guide
- her
- home.The
- Dreamers—Noora's
- Quest
- teaches
- us
- about
- the
- Stolen
- Generation
- of
- Australia's
- indigenous
- people
- and
- introduces
- the
- highlights
- of
- Australian
- flora
- and
- fauna.
- Most
- importantly,
- it
- encourages
- us
- to
- pursue
- life-long
- goals
- while
- promoting
- commitment
- and
- friendship,
- a
- loving-kindness
- that
- is
- inseparable
- from
- learning
- and
- respecting
- our
- heritage
- and
- the
- nature
- nesting
- within us.
