SuitabookBubba Begonia and the mudmen of the Koola Boola
Gerry O'Brien
- Reading
- Pause to follow how the boys’ choices shape the escalating mishaps.
- Themes
- Practical jokes and retaliation: The boys play a practical joke on Moonbaby and Margo; the girls respond by taking their clothes and leaving them stranded. The prank-and-retaliation sequence is presented as farce, while its fairness can be considered from each character’s perspective.
- Farcical adventure: The boys’ journey back to civilisation culminates in an attempt to recover their clothes, with the boys dressed in mud and rhubarb leaves and seeking a dog’s help. The comic adventure escalates from the boys being stranded to seeking a dog’s help while dressed in mud and rhubarb leaves.
- Worth knowing
- The retaliation includes the boys being left without their clothes and drenched in unpleasant-smelling perfume; the story frames this as farce.