Ned Smelly – Outlaw Stuck in Iron Suit
In the middle of the Australian bush, a group of misfits called Bushrangers live by the law of the gun, terrorizing miners and settlers alike.
Young Ned Smelly wants to join the family business. He needs to prove he can be a famous bushranger. So, he gets Blind Patty the blacksmith to make him a suit of iron. But the armor gets stuck and Ned gets hot and stinky. Now he is famous, but for all the wrong reasons.
Delirious from heat exhaustion and his own smell, Ned stumbles from one disaster to the next. Fate places a sick old man on his path leaving Ned with a sticky decision: does he rob the old man, or does he help him?
This is a story about fitting in, family expectations, and walking your own path – even if you are stuck in a suit of iron.
