The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
On Christmas Eve, Sampson the Nugget, guarding the gold-mine until his mates return the next day, is unexpectedly confronted by a strange creature calling itself Grapple, who takes him to the land of Golden Cloud.