Unexpected Hero

This piece is for people of all ages and its purpose is to direct the attention of the audience to the unsung heroes in our lives.

Nine year old student, Kris Beckham climbed 30 feet to rescue a Ring-tailed Possum today.
Tree loppers had been removing trees at West Bank School to create a new concrete play area. During morning tea, students spied the possum peering out from a lopped hollow branch.
“Kris just shimmied way up the tree with her school bag and came down with a little possum thumping around inside it,” said school mate, Jack Komninos.
Principal, Ms Anne Watson, alerted National Parks and Wild Life. With the help of the tree loppers, the wild life officers rescued six more ring-tailed possums from hollows in trees lopped for felling.
All the possums are reported to be ‘in good condition’ and are being cared for at the Forest Park. A suggested plan to relocate the possums in the school environs will involve refashioning of the hollowed tree trunks as part of an environmental sculpture project.
Mr Harry Bean, who was on play ground duty when Kris climbed the tree, fainted and is receiving medical attention for concussion and stress.
Kris used a special tree climbing technique know as the ‘frog’ to rescue the possum.
The young heroine was unavailable for interview. According to Jack Komninos, Kris was on detention for being in a ‘strictly out of bounds’ area.