One of Us: Barry Crump

Meet Sam Cash, Ponto Mason and Toddy Dunn - ingenuous, aimless and expert at dodging work. Sam can spin a yarn, crack a joke and mastermind a situation; Ponto is a dedicated drifter and scrounger, with no past or future and Toddy is not the man his father was; nor does he want be, since he's a refugee from efficient agriculture. The three find work on Burke's farm and there develops a series of ingenious practical jokes that produce more anger than humour and more suspicion than appreciation. In the outcome of this mess, the individual problems of this hapless trio are surprisingly resolved. Illustrated by Dennis Turner.