Dot and her parents have often sought
for the berries, but up to now they have failed to find them. There is
something very mysterious about those berries!
During that day every creature Dot had known in the Bush came to see her,
for they all knew that their lives were safe now, so they were not afraid.
It greatly surprised Dot's parents to see such numbers of birds and animals
coming around their little girl, and they thought it very pretty when in
the evening a flock of Native Companions settled down, and danced their
graceful dance with the little girl joining in the game.
"It seems to me, wife," said Dot's father with a glad laugh, "that the
place has become a regular menagerie!"
Later on, Dot's father made a dam to a hollow piece of ground near the
house, which soon became full of water, and is surrounded by beautiful
willow trees. There all the thirsty creatures come to drink in safety.
And very pretty it is, to sit on the verandah of that happy home, and see
Dot playing near the water surrounded by her Bush friends, who come and go
as they please, and play with the little girl beside the pretty lake. And
no one in all the Gabblebabble district hurts a bush creature, because
they are all called "Dot's friends."
FINALE.
Before putting away the pen and closing the inkstand, now that Dot has
said all she wishes to be recorded of her bewildering adventures, the
writer would like to warn little people, that the best thing to do when
one is lost in the bush, is to sit still in one place, and not to try to
find one's way home at all.
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