Little Bobby O’Malley

By John Jacobs

This book reflects some of the fond
memories the author had of the area as it
was in 1949, and describes some of the
rapid changes that took place thereafter.
The undeveloped area that extended from
his house to the beach reminded him
of the jungle in a Tarzan movie he once
saw, and his imagination carried him on
many journeys of adventure through those
jungles, where he was master of his own
happiness for that brief time in his life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: May 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781491733257

John Jacobs

John Jacobs has been a traveller since the age of eight years. After dropping out of university he spent two and a half years backpacking around the world, working in an iron ore mine in Australia and a farm in Manitoba. Returning to England he gained a qualification as an electronic engineer. Often travelling to places in the throes of disaster or conflict to assist UN and aid organisations with their communications. He has been to more than 85 countries; always interested in people and with an eye for the humorous and bizarre. In this book, he recounts having been shot at in Zaire, enjoying generous hospitality in Kazakhstan, being propositioned in Liberia, working with Kosova Albanians after the attempted Serb ‘ethnic cleansing’, nearly freezing to death in Israel and visiting Libya during the Arab Spring. He is a subject matter expert in High Frequency radio communications and has written a technical handbook on the subject.

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ISBN: 978-1-4917-3316-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4917-3325-7 (e)

iUniverse rev. date: 05/01/2014

Contents

Chapter 1: Daddy Comes Home

Chapter 2: A Story of Two Heroes

Chapter 3: The Move

Chapter 4: School Starts

Chapter 5: The Bee Adventure

Chapter 6: Bobby Meets a Friend

Chapter 7: An Amazing Rescue

Chapter 8: A Life for a Life

Chapter 9: Changes

Chapter 1

Daddy Comes Home

At the age of three, Bobby didn’t know anything about the world, but he already thought he must be the most important person in it. His every need was taken care of by a woman called Mommy. There were also two bigger girls who both had the title of sister. He didn’t know when he learned it, but he knew his name was Bobby and his sisters’ names were Pat and Beth. Besides Mommy, Pat, and Beth, whose job it seemed was to praise and take care of him, there were many other ladies who appeared from time to time in his world to offer praise and exclaim how adorable he was.

Suddenly one day, a man appeared in the house with a dog. Bobby had not had much experience with men or dogs before, but this man and his dog seemed very important. His mommy and sisters were hugging and kissing the man and the house was soon filled with people showering him with attention. Finally Bobby was lifted up by Mommy.

This is your daddy, Bobby, his mommy said with a happy smile as she handed him to this strange man. Bobby twisted his body to reach back for Mommy but turned back when Daddy began to speak.

What a handsome big boy you are. At last your daddy gets to hold you.

Here were two words Bobby never heard anyone use before when describing him; handsome and big. Everyone else used the terms cute and little.

What a cute little boy. He looks just like his daddy. Bobby heard that comment many times, but Daddy seemed to be an imaginary person. Now there was a real person to connect to the name