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Joey, the kangaroo, lived
down under with his mum.
He was just a little joey
and often sucked his thumb.
There was one problem
that made his mother cry.
Joey liked to jump all
day and Joey jumped too high.
He jumped over the palm
trees and leaped over huge rocks.
Sometimes he didn’t wear
his shoes; at times he wore no socks.
He leaped over dingoes,
he jumped over ponds,
He sprang across the
Outback, ignoring plants with fronds.
One day Joey jumped too
high and landed in the dirt.
His mum leaped quickly to
make sure her baby wasn’t hurt.
His tail bent in the
middle and his big toe turned red.
Joey cried the whole
night through while he lay in his bed.
From that day on Joey was
more careful and didn’t jump so high.
This made his mum quite happy; she’d never have to sigh. |
