"Dot! Dot!" she cried, "I've found Willy Wagtail, and he knows your way!
Come along at once!" And, putting Dot in her pouch, the Kangaroo leaped
clean over the judge and carried her off!
CHAPTER XII.
Although the Kangaroo was longing to hear the reason why so many Bush
creatures had collected round Dot whilst she was away, she was too anxious
to carry her to Willy Wagtail before nightfall to wait and enquire what
had happened. Dot, too, was so excited at hearing that her way home had
been found, that she could only think of the delight of seeing her father
and mother again. So the Kangaroo had hopped until she was tired and
needed rest, before they spoke. Then Dot described the Trial, and made
the Kangaroo laugh about the Cockatoo judge, but she did not say how it
had all ended because the Kangaroo had forgiven Dot for Humans making rugs
of her fur, boots of her skin, and soup of her tail. She was afraid of
hurting her feelings by mentioning such delicate subjects. The Kangaroo
never noticed that anything was left out, because she was bursting to
relate her interview with Willy Wagtail.
She told Dot eagerly how she had found Willy Wagtail near his old haunt;
how that gossiping little bird had told all the news of the Gabblegabble
town and district in ten minutes, and how he had said he believed he knew
Dot by sight, and that if such were the case he would show Dot and the
Kangaroo the way to the little girl's home.
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