One dark night in the small town of Woopwoop , W.A, a fire started
inside the local sausage factory. In a blink the building was engulfed
in flames.
The alarm went out to all the fire departments for miles around.
When the first volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the
sausage company president rushed to the fire chief and said, 'All of
our secret sausage recipes are in the vault in the centre of the
plant.
They have to be saved, so I will donate $50,000 to the fire company
that brings them out and delivers them to me.'
But the roaring flames held the fire-fighters off.
Soon more fire departments had to be called in because the situation
became desperate.
As the firemen arrived, the president shouted out that the offer to
extricate the secret recipes was now $100,000 to the fire department
that could save them.
Suddenly from up the road, a lone siren was heard as another fire
truck came into sight.
It was the fire engine of the nearby Baringa volunteer fire department
composed mainly of Aboriginal fire-fighters over the age of 65.
To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire engine, operated by
these Aboriginal fire-fighters, passed the fire engines parked
outside the plant, and drove straight into the middle of the inferno.
Outside, the other firemen watched in amazement as the Aboriginal old
timers jumped off and began to fight the fire as if they were fighting
to save their own lives.
Within a short time,the Baringa old timers had extinguished the fire
and saved the secret recipes.
The grateful sausage company president joyfully announced that for
such a superhuman accomplishment he was raising the reward to
$200,000, and walked over to personally thank each of the brave
elderly Aboriginal fire-fighters.
A TV news crew rushed in after capturing the event on film.
The 'on camera' reporter asked the Aboriginal fire chief, 'What are
you going to do with all that money?'
'Well,' said Chief Billy Cokebottle, the 70-year-old fire chief, 'de
furst ting we gonnna do is fix dem brakes on dat fukin' fire truck!!'
