Nancy Wake — the girl who spied
Fierce Girls
ABC Australia
4.5 • 956 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2018
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
What does every good spy parachuting into enemy territory need to evade capture? A handgun, a nightie, lipstick and a satin cushion of course! That’s what secret agent Nancy Wake had in her back pack when she jumped out of a plane during the Second World War to fight the enemy. They nicknamed her the “white mouse’’ because she was so hard to catch. Nancy helped many people escape the Nazi’s evil clutches and cheated death on more than one occasion. Narrated by singer, actor and producer Justine Clarke.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the story of the girl power |
| 0:05.0 | This is the story of the girl who spied. |
| 0:08.0 | Nancy Wake, read by actor, singer and and producer, Justine Clark. |
| 0:14.0 | Isn't it funny to see a little bunny waiting for her mommy to come and wipe her bummy? |
| 0:22.0 | It wasn't to come and wipe her bummy. |
| 0:26.0 | It wasn't that rude. Sure, it said bummy, but really, |
| 0:28.0 | 10-year-old Nancy Wake had said a lot worse. |
| 0:31.0 | So when her mom found the poem in her uniform pocket, Nancy thought it was a bit |
| 0:36.4 | over the top to have been dragged by the ear back to school. Her mom demanded that the |
| 0:42.2 | headmaster punish her severely. |
| 0:44.0 | In those days, school punishments were a lot harsher than they are now. |
| 0:50.0 | Detention was the least of your worries. |
| 0:52.0 | Teachers were allowed to hit kids with bamboo canes, sometimes on the hand, sometimes across the bum. |
| 0:59.0 | Or should that be bummy? |
| 1:02.0 | But it wasn't the time for joking. |
| 1:05.0 | Nancy, without thinking, |
| 1:08.0 | dobed in her friend Jenny for teaching her the poem. |
| 1:11.0 | She immediately regretted it. Poor Jenny's stink eye was something |
| 1:16.4 | Nancy never ever forgot and she knew it was the very last time she would ever be a dober. Even though it was over the top, Nancy wasn't exactly surprised that her mom had reacted that |
| 1:29.6 | that way. |
| 1:30.9 | As sad as it sounded, Nancy felt as though her mom didn't really like her. |
| 1:35.0 | She always had her head buried in the Bible. |
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