P.L Travers — the girl who dreamt up Mary Poppins
Fierce Girls
ABC Australia
4.5 • 956 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2018
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
When Pamela Lyndon Travers was a little girl her aunt came to stay. She was rather strict, but kind at heart, and carried with her a seemingly bottomless bag made of carpet. P.L Travers had the memory of this aunt swirling around in her imagination when she sat down to write a book, and before she knew it Mary Poppins flew onto the page. The magical nanny who could talk to animals and use her umbrella to fly, became one of the most loved and famous characters of all time.
Narrated by TV presenter Lisa Wilkinson.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the story of the girl. |
| 0:02.0 | This is the story of the girl who dreamt up Mary Poppins, P.L. Travis, read by journalist and TV presenter, Lisa Wilkinson. Ginty was nesting. She piled up the twigs, leaves and stalks of straw. |
| 0:27.0 | Ginty was nesting. She piled up the twigs, leaves and stalks of straw fluffing them into a cushiony mound. |
| 0:37.0 | She wiggled her hips and carefully lowered her bottom. |
| 0:41.0 | Ginty! lowered her |
| 0:45.0 | mother's voice called from the veranda. |
| 0:47.0 | Dinner time. |
| 0:49.0 | Poultry didn't speak English |
| 0:52.0 | so Ginty ignored the warning. |
| 0:54.1 | Bop, bop, baa, besides she had eggs to keep warm. |
| 1:00.8 | Ginty, the call came again. Dinner! She reluctantly stepped away from the nest, leaving behind |
| 1:10.8 | her imaginary unhatched babies. |
| 1:15.0 | But halfway back to the house, her dad jumped out from behind a bush. |
| 1:19.0 | Hello, Mrs. Chicken. |
| 1:21.0 | Where are you off to? |
| 1:22.0 | Ginty smiled. |
| 1:24.0 | I was pretending to be a hen, but mum says it's dinner time. |
| 1:28.0 | Her dad furrowed his brow. |
| 1:31.0 | Nonsense, he said. |
| 1:33.3 | You can be whatever you want to be. |
| 1:37.1 | Don't let anyone tell you any different. |
| 1:39.6 | Go back to your nest. |
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