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Down sat Dingo Poor Dog Dingo always hungry, dusty in the sunshine; hung out his tongue and howled.




 

Down sat Kangaroo ( ) Old Man Kangaroo ( ) stuck out his tail like a milking-stool behind him ( , ; behind him = ), and said ( ), Thank goodness thats finished ( , )!

Then said Nqong, who is always a gentleman ( , = , ), Why arent you grateful to Yellow-Dog Dingo ( - )? Why dont you thank him for all he has done for you ( , )?

 

stool [stHl], goodness ['gudnqs], gentleman ['Gentlmqn]

 

Down sat Kangaroo Old Man Kangaroo stuck out his tail like a milking-stool behind him, and said, Thank goodness thats finished!

Then said Nqong, who is always a gentleman, Why arent you grateful to Yellow-Dog Dingo? Why dont you thank him for all he has done for you?

 

Then said Kangaroo ( ) Tired Old Kangaroo ( ) Hes chased me out of the homes of my childhood ([78] ); hes chased me out of my regular meal-times ( = ); hes altered my shape so Ill never get it back ( , ); and hes played Old Scratch with my legs ( ; to play Old Harry / Old Scratch / old gooseberry , , ).

Then said Nqong ( ), Perhaps Im mistaken (, ), but didnt you ask me to make you different from all other animals ( ), as well as to make you very truly sought after ( , ; sought after , ; to seek , ; )? And now it is five oclock ( = ).

 

childhood ['CaIldhud], regular ['regjulq], sought [sLt]

 

Then said Kangaroo Tired Old Kangaroo Hes chased me out of the homes of my childhood; hes chased me out of my regular meal-times; hes altered my shape so Ill never get it back; and hes played Old Scratch with my legs.

Then said Nqong, Perhaps Im mistaken, but didnt you ask me to make you different from all other animals, as well as to make you very truly sought after? And now it is five oclock.

 

Yes, said Kangaroo (, ). I wish that I hadnt (, ). I thought you would do it by charms and incantations ( , ), but this is a practical joke ( ).

Joke ()! said Nqong from his bath in the blue gums ( ). Say that again and Ill whistle up Dingo and run your hind legs off ( , , ).

No, said the Kangaroo (, ). I must apologise ( ). Legs are legs, and you neednt alter em ( , ) so far as I am concerned ( = ). I only meant to explain to Your Lordliness ( ) that Ive had nothing to eat since morning ( ), and Im very empty indeed ( = ).

 

incantation ["Inkxn'teIS(q)n], whistle [wIsl], alter ['Lltq]

 

Yes, said Kangaroo. I wish that I hadnt. I thought you would do it by charms and incantations, but this is a practical joke.

Joke! said Nqong from his bath in the blue gums. Say that again and Ill whistle up Dingo and run your hind legs off.

No, said the Kangaroo. I must apologise. Legs are legs, and you neednt alter em so far as I am concerned. I only meant to explain to Your Lordliness that Ive had nothing to eat since morning, and Im very empty indeed.

 

Yes, said Dingo (, ) Yellow-Dog Dingo (- ), I am just in the same situation ( ). Ive made him different from all other animals ( ); but what may I have for my tea ( )?

Then said Nqong from his bath in the salt-pan ( ), Come and ask me about it to-morrow ( ), because Im going to wash ( ).

So they were left in the middle of Australia ( ), Old Man Kangaroo and Yellow-Dog Dingo ( - ), and each said ( ), Thats your fault ( = ).

 

situation ["sItju'eIS(q)n], each [JC], fault [fLlt]

 

Yes, said Dingo Yellow-Dog Dingo, I am just in the same situation. Ive made him different from all other animals; but what may I have for my tea?

Then said Nqong from his bath in the salt-pan, Come and ask me about it to-morrow, because Im going to wash.

So they were left in the middle of Australia, Old Man Kangaroo and Yellow-Dog Dingo, and each said, Thats your fault.

 

THIS is the mouth-filling song ( : )
Of the race that was run by a Boomer ( , ),
Run in a single burst only event of its kind ( )
Started by Big God Nqong from Warrigaborrigarooma ( ).
Old Man Kangaroo first: Yellow-Dog Dingo behind ( : - ).

 

boomer ['bHmq], burst [bWst], first [fWst]

 

THIS is the mouth-filling song
Of the race that was run by a Boomer,
Run in a single burst only event of its kind
Started by big God Nqong from Warrigaborrigarooma.
Old Man Kangaroo first: Yellow-Dog Dingo behind.

 

Kangaroo bounded away ( ),
His back-legs working like pistons ( , )
Bounded from morning till dark ( ),
Twenty-five feet to a bound ( ).
Yellow-Dog Dingo lay (- ; to lie - , - ; )
Like a yellow cloud in the distance ( )
Much too busy to bark ( , ).

 

bound [baund], piston ['pIstqn], distance ['dIstqns]

 

Kangaroo bounded away,
His back-legs working like pistons
Bounded from morning till dark,
Twenty-five feet to a bound.
Yellow-Dog Dingo lay
Like a yellow cloud in the distance
Much too busy to bark.


My! but they covered the ground ( ; to cover the ground )!

Nobody knows where they went ( , ),
Or followed the track that they flew in ( // , ),
For that Continent ( )
Hadnt been given a name ( ).
They ran thirty degrees ( ),
From Torres Straits to the Leeuwin ( [79])
(Look at the Atlas, please ( , )),
And they ran back as they came ( , //).

 

cover ['kAvq], follow ['fOlqu], degree [dI'grJ]

 

My! but they covered the ground!

Nobody knows where they went,
Or followed the track that they flew in,
For that Continent
Hadnt been given a name.
They ran thirty degrees,
From Torres Straits to the Leeuwin
(Look at the Atlas, please),
And they ran back as they came.

 

Sposing you could trot (, ; to suppose)
From Adelaide to the Pacific ( ),
For an afternoons run ( )
Half what these gentlemen did (// , )
You would feel rather hot ( ; to feel ),
But your legs would develop terrific ( )
Yes, my importunate son (, ),
Youd be a Marvellous Kid ( )!

 

half [hRf], importunate [Im'pLtjunqt], marvellous ['mRv(q)lqs]

Sposing you could trot
From Adelaide to the Pacific,
For an afternoons run
Half what these gentlemen did
You would feel rather hot,
But your legs would develop terrific
Yes, my importunate son,
Youd be a Marvellous Kid!

THIS is a picture of Old Man Kangaroo ( ) when he was the Different Animal with four short legs ( ). I have drawn him grey and woolly ( ), and you can see ( ) that he is very proud ( ) because he has a wreath of flowers in his hair ( ). He is dancing on an outcrop ( ) (that means a ledge of rock ( ) in the middle of Australia at six oclock before breakfast ( ). You can see that it is six oclock ( , ), because the sun is just getting up ( ). The thing with the ears and the open mouth is Little God Nqa ( ). Nqa is very much surprised ( ), because he has never seen a Kangaroo dance like that before ( , ). Little God Nqa is just saying ( ), Go away (), but the Kangaroo is so busy dancing ( ) that he has not heard him yet ( ).

The Kangaroo hasnt any real name except Boomer ( [80]; boomer ). He lost it because he was so proud ( , ).

 

wreath [rJT], outcrop ['autkrOp], drawn [drLn]

 

THIS is a picture of Old Man Kangaroo when he was the Different Animal with four short legs. I have drawn him grey and woolly, and you can see that he is very proud because he has a wreath of flowers in his hair. He is dancing on an outcrop (that means a ledge of rock) in the middle of Australia at six oclock before breakfast. You can see that it is six oclock, because the sun is just getting up. The thing with the ears and the open mouth is Little God Nqa. Nqa is very much surprised, because he has never seen a Kangaroo dance like that before. Little God Nqa is just saying, Go away, but the Kangaroo is so busy dancing that he has not heard him yet.

The Kangaroo hasnt any real name except Boomer. He lost it because he was so proud.

THIS is the picture of Old Man Kangaroo at five in the afternoon ( ), when he had got his beautiful hind legs ( // ) just as Big God Nqong had promised ( ). You can see that it is five oclock ( , ), because Big God Nqongs pet tame clock says so ( / ; pet , ; ; ). That is Nqong, in his bath, sticking his feet out ( , ). Old Man Kangaroo is being rude to Yellow-Dog Dingo ( - ). Yellow-Dog Dingo has been trying to catch Kangaroo all across Australia (- ). You can see the marks of Kangaroos big new feet ( ) running ever so far back over the bare hills ( ). Yellow-Dog Dingo is drawn black (- ), because I am not allowed to paint these pictures with real colours out of the paint-box ( ); and besides, Yellow-Dog Dingo got dreadfully black and dusty after running through the Flinders and the Cinders ( - ).

 

beautiful ['bjHtIful], rude [rHd], dreadfully ['dredfulI]

 

THIS is the picture of Old Man Kangaroo at five in the afternoon, when he had got his beautiful hind legs just as Big God Nqong had promised. You can see that it is five oclock, because Big God Nqongs pet tame clock says so. That is Nqong, in his bath, sticking his feet out. Old Man Kangaroo is being rude to Yellow-Dog Dingo. Yellow-Dog Dingo has been trying to catch Kangaroo all across Australia. You can see the marks of Kangaroos big new feet running ever so far back over the bare hills. Yellow-Dog Dingo is drawn black, because I am not allowed to paint these pictures with real colours out of the paint-box; and besides, Yellow-Dog Dingo got dreadfully black and dusty after running through the Flinders and the Cinders.

 

I dont know the names of the flowers growing round Nqongs bath ( , ). The two little squatty things out in the desert are the other two gods ( ) that Old Man Kangaroo spoke to early in the morning ( ). That thing with the letters on it is Old Man Kangaroos pouch ( ). He had to have a pouch just as he had to have legs ( , // ).

 

round [raund], squatty ['skwOtI], pouch [pauC]

 

I dont know the names of the flowers growing round Nqongs bath. The two little squatty things out in the desert are the other two gods that Old Man Kangaroo spoke to early in the morning. That thing with the letters on it is Old Man Kangaroos pouch. He had to have a pouch just as he had to have legs.

 





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