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When an elderly wanderer spends each day at the town dump, he finds an abandoned train to call home. From this rusted refuge he watches the waste slowly surrender to the forces of nature, witnessing the slow restoration of the land.
His quiet presence amid the garbage becomes a quiet lesson in resilience and renewal, as the city’s discarded materials give way to green growth and a brighter future.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Colin Thompson
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