There is change when Greg's Dad announces that he is moving from Perth to Sydney and that he has a new job. The change is where he is living and his work and the making a new beginning in his life. " ' You know your mother and I have been having problems.' I nodded. ' when you come home we won't be living together anymore we've decided it's best for us, best for you kids, if we go our different ways.' 'We are we going to live.' 'I'm going to rent a place. Not far away. Just for a while.' And there's something eles.' 'I've got an offer of a job, here in Sydney. That's why I'm over here now.' 'Oh yeah?' 'It's going to mean a lot more money. It's a fantastic opportunity.' He wouldn't look at me so I knew he had already said yes. 'With your mum and me having these hassles, it doesn't make sense to stay in Perth anymore.' 'Your going to live in Sydney?' I said,and my own voice sounded hollow, like we were sitting in a cave." Page 79. Greg changed his mind about caring for Mimi at the Blue Mountains. Mimi wanted to go get a closer look of the three sisters and he said that's they would soon and that answer wasn't good enough for her so she went off on her own and got lost! Eventually Greg found her and decided that he would rescue her as she was hanging onto a cliff face. " 'Will you take me to the three sisters Gugs?' 'You can see them from here.' 'I want to be close and see them.' 'Not right now.' When?' In a minute alright.' 'You never do anything with me,' she said. " Page 84. " 'Where's Mimi?'asked Auntie Floss. ' She must have wandered off,' I said. " Page 86. " 'Mimi!'I shouted. ' I heard a very faint help to the right and ran towards it. She'd left the main path. As I trampled through the bush towards the sound of her voice I thought about snakes and spiders, but tried not to think to hard. And then I saw her. Oh my God. There was some loose rock leading up to a bushy slope which got steeper and steeper until it finally became a sheer cliff face. And there was Mimi halfway up, hanging on a thin ledge of rock with her hands straight above her head. " Page 87.
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