'The ladies screamed then fainted, the gentlemen dived under the table, the maids ran for their lives and the cook jumped into the washing-up water.'
Basil Bopp's habit of burping is so disgusting that no one wants to know him. Even his mum and dad have run away from home to join the circus! It seems the only way a boy can get a meal is to turn to bushranging.
One day an old lady sees Basil's face on a wanted poster. She smuggles him to her home on the Yelli-belli Mountain in the Tum Bum Ranges where Basil discovers her simply amazing secret!
