This is an unreliable memoir of my father's (Bob Cooke) yellow tractor which he used on my parents' (Bob and Sheila) 28 acre free range poultry farm called "Shangri-la", located 3 miles to the west of a small town called Manilla, New South Wales, Australia. This was in the late 1950s, the tractor was hand cranked, started on petrol and switched to kerosene once warmed up.

Time and artistic licence have played with reality but the underlying story is true to my unreliable memories.

This story has been written for my grandchildren, Amy and Liam, who live in Germany hence the smattering of German in the text. This is a "boys book" so no imaginary dragons and frilly pink dresses!

Terry Cooke