Dot and the Kangaroo SD
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00:08:04A bite of this.
00:08:07Try a bite of this.
00:08:08For me?
00:08:10To eat?
00:08:15Mmm.
00:08:17Very nice, thank you.
00:08:19You poor little thing.
00:08:22You must be starving.
00:08:26You can talk.
00:08:29Of course I can talk.
00:08:31All animals can talk.
00:08:33It's just that nobody listens to us.
00:08:35I always used to listen.
00:08:37I listened to the animals and birds.
00:08:39But I could never understand them.
00:08:41You can now.
00:08:43If you keep eating these roots.
00:08:45We call it the food of understanding.
00:08:49Kangaroo!
00:08:50Oh, I've never seen one like that before.
00:08:54What funny fur.
00:08:55Only two legs.
00:08:57What a funny bird.
00:08:59Wonder where it lives.
00:09:02It seems to understand us.
00:09:05I knew what was the matter with you at once.
00:09:09I feel just the same myself.
00:09:11I've been miserable just like you.
00:09:14Ever since I lost my baby Joey.
00:09:17You must have lost something too.
00:09:20Tell me what it is.
00:09:21I've lost my way.
00:09:23Ah, I knew you'd lost something.
00:09:27Isn't it a dreadful feeling?
00:09:29And you don't feel like eating anything.
00:09:31Even the greenest grass.
00:09:33I've been like that ever since I lost my baby kangaroo.
00:09:37But tell me.
00:09:39What does your way look like?
00:09:42I may be able to find it for you.
00:09:44It doesn't look like anything really.
00:09:48I just can't find my home.
00:09:51At night I slept in the bush.
00:09:54And all today I've been walking.
00:09:56I don't know where I am.
00:09:59Well, isn't that just like a human?
00:10:03You're not fit for this country at all.
00:10:06Of course if you only have one home in one place you must lose it.
00:10:11Humans are no good in our bush.
00:10:13Just look at yourself now.
00:10:15How do you compare with a kangaroo?
00:10:17Just look at your fur.
00:10:19All torn.
00:10:21I wonder why you humans are made so badly.
00:10:24It's only my dress.
00:10:26Your dress?
00:10:33This tastes very nice.
00:10:35You mustn't eat any more of that.
00:10:38If you eat too much you'll know too much.
00:10:41Can you know too much?
00:10:43Oh, indeed yes.
00:10:46And it will make you miserable.
00:10:48I don't want you to be miserable anymore.
00:10:51That's why I'm going to help you find your lost way.
00:10:54Thank you kangaroo.
00:10:56But could I please have some water?
00:10:59I'm very thirsty.
00:11:01Of course you are.
00:11:03Everyone's thirsty at sundown.
00:11:05I'm thirsty too.
00:11:07But the nearest water hole is a long way off.
00:11:10So we better start at once.
00:11:20Poor little human.
00:11:22Your legs aren't much good.
00:11:24And I really don't understand
00:11:26how you can expect to get along without a tail.
00:11:31Ah, I have an idea.
00:11:34Just step into my pouch
00:11:36and I'll hop you down to the water hole in no time.
00:11:47It's lovely in here.
00:11:50And I feel as if I had my baby again.
00:11:55Well, we're off.
00:12:08Some people ride camels
00:12:10and some prefer mules
00:12:11while others ride turtles
00:12:13and don't they look cool
00:12:14but I curl up inside
00:12:16just enjoying the view
00:12:17as I ride in their pouch
00:12:19of a red kangaroo
00:12:21as she rides in the pouch
00:12:24of a red kangaroo
00:12:27We fly through the air
00:12:28and bounce over the ground
00:12:30with a hippity-hoppity-floppity sound
00:12:33the best fun in the world
00:12:34and I tell you it's true
00:12:36is to ride in the pouch
00:12:37of a red kangaroo
00:12:39is to ride in the pouch
00:12:42of a red kangaroo
00:12:43hippity-hoppity-floppity-flop
00:12:46that's the way we go
00:12:49hippity-hoppity-floppity-flop
00:12:51that's the way we go
00:12:54you can travel by boat
00:12:56you can travel by train
00:12:57you can walk if you like
00:12:58and get sunk in a rain
00:13:00but the best way to travel
00:13:01is smart and to do
00:13:03is to ride in the pouch
00:13:04of a red kangaroo
00:13:06is to ride in the pouch
00:13:09of a red kangaroo
00:13:12hippity-hoppity-floppity-flop
00:13:15when you come with us
00:13:16you'll know
00:13:18hippity-hoppity-floppity-flop
00:13:21that's the way we go
00:13:27we jump through the bush
00:13:28and bounce up to the sky
00:13:30and if you're too frightened
00:13:32you'd better not try
00:13:34but just stand aside
00:13:36and just holler below
00:13:37there goes Dot
00:13:38in the pouch
00:13:39of a red kangaroo
00:13:41Dot in the pouch
00:13:42Dot in the pouch
00:13:43Dot in the pouch
00:13:44Dot in the pouch
00:13:46of a red kangaroo
00:13:54That was fun!
00:13:55But how did you...
00:13:56Shhh!
00:13:58You must never make any noise
00:13:59near a waterhole.
00:14:01Oh, I was going to ask
00:14:03how did you find your way
00:14:04to the water?
00:14:06The bush looks all the same
00:14:07to me.
00:14:08Look at this rock
00:14:09we're standing on.
00:14:11What do you see?
00:14:13It's polished
00:14:15like glass.
00:14:17It's so smooth.
00:14:19Smooth with the passing
00:14:21of thousands of kangaroos
00:14:23coming here to drink
00:14:24since time began.
00:14:26All the animals
00:14:27know the bush.
00:14:28It's like a kind of mother
00:14:30to all of us.
00:14:32We'll drink now.
00:14:33We're so frightened.
00:14:35We're so frightened.
00:14:36So thirsty.
00:14:37Thirsty.
00:14:38So thirsty and so frightened.
00:14:41Why don't they drink
00:14:42at the waterhole?
00:14:43Because they're frightened.
00:14:45Frightened of what?
00:14:46Humans.
00:14:48But I think it's all right now.
00:14:50Kangaroo,
00:14:51you're so brave.
00:14:52Will you go to the water first
00:14:54and let us know
00:14:55if it's all safe?
00:14:56We haven't had a drop
00:14:57of water for two days
00:14:59and we're dying of thirst.
00:15:03Yesterday we waited
00:15:04for hours
00:15:05and then two humans came
00:15:07and we flew away.
00:15:08So we're frightened
00:15:10and thirsty.
00:15:21We love to splash the water
00:15:23with our wings
00:15:24quack quack
00:15:25and look for worms
00:15:26and other lovely things
00:15:28quack quack
00:15:29but we're much too tired
00:15:30for flying
00:15:31and our little feet
00:15:32start drying
00:15:33so all we ever do
00:15:34all day is quack
00:15:37quack
00:15:38quack
00:15:39quack
00:15:40quack
00:15:43quack
00:15:45We love to go
00:15:46and paddle in the creek
00:15:48quack quack
00:15:49and dibble-double-dabble
00:15:51with our feet
00:15:52quack quack
00:15:53but we're much too tired
00:15:54for flying
00:15:55and our little feet
00:15:56start drying
00:15:57So all we ever do
00:15:59all day is quack
00:16:01quack
00:16:03quack
00:16:04quack
00:16:05quack
00:16:06quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack
00:16:09We're thirsty and we're frightened and our throats they have tightened.
00:16:14We're quivering and shivering and waiting till it's dark.
00:16:18We're sobbing and sighing and we almost feel like crying.
00:16:22Oh, there must be something else to do but quack.
00:16:26Maybe we should be high up in the air.
00:16:29Quack, quack.
00:16:30And then perhaps we wouldn't have a care.
00:16:33Quack, quack.
00:16:34But we're much too tired for flying.
00:16:36And our little beaks are drying.
00:16:38So all we ever do all day is quack.
00:16:42Quack.
00:16:43Quack.
00:16:44Quack.
00:16:45Quack.
00:16:46All we ever do all day, all we ever do all day is quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.
00:16:55Quack, quack.
00:16:59I think you're safe now.
00:17:01You all stay quiet.
00:17:03I'll take a closer look.
00:17:08I think you're safe now.
00:17:38Quack, quack.
00:17:39Quack, quack.
00:17:40Quack, quack.
00:17:41Quack, quack.
00:17:42Quack, quack.
00:17:43Quack, quack.
00:17:44Quack, quack.
00:17:45Quack, quack.
00:17:46Quack, quack.
00:17:47Quack, quack.
00:17:48Quack, quack.
00:17:49Quack, quack.
00:17:50Quack, quack.
00:17:51Quack, quack.
00:17:52Quack, quack.
00:17:53Quack, quack.
00:17:54Quack, quack.
00:17:55Quack, quack.
00:17:56Quack, quack.
00:17:57Quack, quack.
00:17:58Quack, quack.
00:17:59Quack, quack.
00:18:00Quack, quack.
00:18:01Quack, quack.
00:18:02Quack, quack.
00:18:03Quack, quack.
00:18:04Quack, quack.
00:18:06Squeak.
00:18:14I don't think that was funny.
00:18:27I am a pretty bush-ga, as pretty as can be, be, be.
00:18:31And all the boys at my school go crazy over me, me, me.
00:18:35My boyfriend's name is Tubby, and he comes from Sydney, I'll be
00:18:39With a lump on his nose and dim funny toes, and this is how my story goes
00:18:46One day when I was smoking, I heard my boyfriend talking
00:18:50To a pretty little girl with a chocolate girl, and this is what he said to her
00:18:55I L O V E love you, I K I double S kiss you
00:18:59So he jumped in a lake and swallowed a snake and came back with a tummy ache
00:19:04So he jumped in a lake and swallowed a snake and came back with a tummy ache
00:19:20Oh, anywhere you like, dear
00:19:34It's very nice in here
00:19:36I prefer to sleep in the open, under the stars
00:19:40But I thought you might like somewhere warm and dry
00:19:45Oh, that's scary
00:19:47I wish Mopoke wouldn't make that noise when you're trying to sleep
00:19:52There's something wrong about some birds who think they're musical
00:19:55They're so well behaved in the daytime
00:19:58But as soon as it's night or a bit of moon in the sky, it's
00:20:02Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!
00:20:04I wish he'd stop
00:20:06Mopoke, would you mind singing a little further away?
00:20:10You're upsetting my little friend
00:20:15Doesn't she like my song?
00:20:17I think it's beautiful
00:20:20So sad and mournful
00:20:23I'm such a great artist
00:20:26When all the bush is quiet and everyone has time to be miserable
00:20:32I make them even more miserable
00:20:34Now, isn't that a nice thing to do?
00:20:37I'm sure it's lovely, Mopoke
00:20:40But she is very tired
00:20:44I suppose it's not everyone who can appreciate good music
00:20:52Perhaps this is all a dream
00:20:55And I'll wake up in my bed at home
00:21:02Oh, do you think I'll ever find my way?
00:21:08We'll ask the animals for help in the morning
00:21:11And who knows?
00:21:12The humans might be looking for you at this very moment
00:21:16Why don't you...
00:21:18Oh
00:21:32Coo-ee
00:21:36Coo-ee
00:21:40Coo-ee
00:21:45Coo-ee
00:21:48Don't!
00:21:54It's no use, Frank
00:21:56We'd never find her now anyway
00:21:58It's too dark
00:22:00I suppose you're right.
00:22:03Just have to get some sleep and start again in the morning.
00:22:07She's been lost for two days, Jack.
00:22:10But Frank, I've been a bushman all my life.
00:22:14And I thought she'd be in the valley here somewhere.
00:22:17But there's no sign of her.
00:22:19So at first light, we'll start searching the waterholes.
00:22:23Yes.
00:22:25It's going to be another cold night.
00:22:28Poor little Dot.
00:22:31I hope she's found some kind of shelter.
00:22:50What's the matter?
00:22:52I was dreaming about my father.
00:22:55I dreamt he was standing there calling me.
00:22:58Calling, call me.
00:23:00You're tired, you must rest.
00:23:02Try to sleep now.
00:23:18I wouldn't move if I were you, my friend.
00:23:20Good morning.
00:23:22Lovely day today.
00:23:24Might rain later though, you can't tell anymore.
00:23:26The weather's gone all funny.
00:23:28I suppose you're wondering where your friend is.
00:23:30She's gone to get you some breakfast.
00:23:32That's where she's gone.
00:23:34And to arrange a council of the animals for you.
00:23:36Asked me to keep an eye on you.
00:23:38Lucky, wasn't it?
00:23:40She's a lovely lady, isn't she?
00:23:42What was I saying?
00:23:44Oh yes, don't move.
00:23:46Nasty fellows, these snakes.
00:23:48Never had any time for snakes.
00:23:50They're not gentlemen, you know.
00:23:52It's not good manners to go round biting people.
00:23:54I'd never dream of biting anyone.
00:23:56Except snakes, of course.
00:23:58What will I do?
00:24:00Just relax and enjoy yourself.
00:24:02There's nothing at all to worry about,
00:24:04if you don't move.
00:24:06He'll come out into the sun soon,
00:24:08and then, there, you see?
00:24:10Goodness gracious, just look at those fangs.
00:24:12Quite the largest fangs I've ever seen.
00:24:15Keep still now.
00:24:17Remember what I said?
00:24:31Oh, there you are.
00:24:33Come Dot, we must go.
00:24:35Are we going home?
00:24:37No.
00:24:39Where are we going then?
00:24:41We're going to the council of the animals.
00:24:43Council of the animals?
00:24:45What's that?
00:24:47It's when the animals come together
00:24:49to decide important matters.
00:24:51Matters like how to find your lost way.
00:24:55Can they really help us?
00:24:57Yes, they can.
00:24:59Can they really help me find my way home?
00:25:02I hope so.
00:25:04Animals are very clever, you know.
00:25:06We should get to the billabong by evening.
00:25:08That's where we meet.
00:25:10Some people ride camels
00:25:12and some prefer mules
00:25:14while others ride turtles
00:25:16and don't they look cool
00:25:18when I curl up inside just enjoying the view
00:25:20as I ride in the pouch of a red kangaroo.
00:25:22As she rides in the pouch
00:25:24of a red kangaroo.
00:25:26We slide through the air
00:25:28and bounce over the ground
00:25:30with a hippity hoppity
00:25:32boppity sound.
00:25:34The best fun in the world
00:25:36and I tell you it's true
00:25:38is to ride in the pouch
00:25:40of a red kangaroo.
00:25:42Is to ride in the pouch
00:25:44of a red kangaroo.
00:25:46Yippity hoppity bop
00:25:48boppity bop
00:25:50When you come in as you do
00:25:52Yippity hoppity bop
00:25:53that's the way we go.
00:25:55You can travel by boat
00:25:57you can travel by train
00:25:59you can walk if you like
00:26:01and get sunk in the rain
00:26:03but the best way to travel
00:26:05is smart things to do
00:26:07is to ride in the pouch
00:26:09of a red kangaroo.
00:26:11Is to ride in the pouch
00:26:13of a red kangaroo.
00:26:15Dot in the pouch
00:26:17Dot in the pouch
00:26:19Dot in the pouch
00:26:21of a red kangaroo.
00:26:24Yes,
00:26:26we might have trainาย
00:26:28but you'll get sunk
00:26:30in the rain
00:26:32but the best way
00:26:34to travel
00:26:36by boat
00:26:38is smart things to do
00:26:40like riding
00:26:42and riding
00:26:44in the pouch
00:26:46of a red kangaroo
00:26:48Yokity hap
00:26:50yokity hop
00:26:51Ribbet!
00:26:52Needip!
00:26:53Bobbop!
00:26:54Frog!
00:26:55I'm a frog!
00:26:56I'm a frog!
00:26:57I'm a frog!
00:26:58I'm a frog!
00:26:59We can live in a tree!
00:27:01Or a log!
00:27:02Or a log!
00:27:03We can live in the water!
00:27:04And drink when we ought to!
00:27:05We can live in the river!
00:27:08We can live in the ocean!
00:27:09Because there's a great dear friend we'll bring along!
00:27:15Ribbet!
00:27:16Needip!
00:27:17Bobbop!
00:27:18Frog!
00:27:19the water and drink when we order oh look oh what fun you have when you're a frog a frog on a log
00:27:27a log when you're a frog a frog when we see a man with a gun a gun and everyone else has a run to
00:27:33run we dive in the twink as quick as a wink oh what fun you have when you're a frog frog on a log
00:27:42a log when you're a frog a frog now that's a log and this is a frog now i'm sure you will agree
00:27:50we're as handsome as can be and we look so sweet with our little way of defeat
00:28:04when a fisherman tries to catch us catch us all the fish
00:28:07a bus we just hop one two three and we're free oh what fun you have when you're a frog
00:28:14a frog on a log a log when you're a frog a frog no that's a log this is a frog now i'm sure you
00:28:23will agree we're as handsome as can be and we look so sweet with our little web defeat
00:28:30hi little lady
00:28:34bet you can't catch me
00:28:38i'm a frog i'm a frog i'm a frog i'm a frog we can live in a tree or a log or a log we can hop
00:28:42like a room and be a master too oh what fun you have when you're a frog that's not a log
00:28:49and that's not a frog now won't you come with me you'll be happy as can be and join in the fun
00:28:58a frog
00:29:12hello coming to the meeting are you you're a little early we're going to the meeting after
00:29:18our evening dance would you care to join us we're practicing something new can we stay
00:29:25please i love dancing yes of course but i'm not very fond of dancing
00:29:32so i'll just watch but remember we mustn't be late for the meeting
00:29:55so
00:30:25so
00:30:48dot the meeting
00:30:55so
00:31:25so
00:31:35here we are the council of the animals they're going to help you find your lost way
00:31:42they're very clever they always know what to do when there's trouble in the bush
00:31:55give me a lift
00:32:25so
00:32:45well here she is this is dot you've probably all heard about her by now
00:32:52she's trying to find her way and she needs your help but she's human what have humans ever done
00:32:59for us that's true if she's lost it's her own fault animals don't get lost of course they do
00:33:07you all know my child don't you my joey where is he that's right he's lost poor kangaroo
00:33:17she's so brave what a shame poor lost baby he's lost some humans came to hunt in the bush
00:33:28they chased me and i hid joey in some bushes to keep him safe
00:33:33then i led the hunters away and when i returned my joey was gone how terrible for her that's
00:33:41you're not knowing dear little one i've searched for days i can't find him so you see my child is
00:33:50lost too just like this human child here i wonder what happened we should have helped we really
00:33:59should help poor little human kangaroo so kind well we should be kind too now will you help yes
00:34:10let's help of course we will
00:34:17yes we'll help dot i'd like to help but i don't know where your home is
00:34:25and neither do i i don't go near humans i've never even seen one
00:34:31you're lucky i don't know where they live do you no so we really can't help poor little dot sorry
00:34:44we can't help you
00:34:48what will i do oh please just a moment i said we can't help you but we know who can
00:34:57you must go to the wisest animal in the bush the platypus of course the platypus he's very wise
00:35:06he knows everything yes the platypus go to the platypus the platypus that's really the best
00:35:14advice we can give kangaroo and now we must close the meeting goodbye dot and good luck
00:35:22bye
00:35:29hurry this way
00:35:51oh where are we it's a sacred cave but nobody ever comes here anymore why not because they
00:36:06were afraid of the bunny yes there were people living here many years ago all around this cave
00:36:15and they had a camp just outside where the animals have their meetings there it is
00:36:26what happened one evening the men in the tribe went fishing down in the billabong
00:36:38they heard a strange roaring noise coming from the water
00:36:43and out of the middle of the billabong came a monster as big as 20 men that was the bunny
00:36:50yes with a long neck and sharp claws and covered with hair
00:37:12so
00:37:20oh the bunny is very bad and the bunny is very bold and they tell me that the bunny is
00:37:34old
00:37:41so you better come home
00:38:04oh
00:38:08the bun yips partly animal
00:38:13the bun yips partly bird the bun yip makes the strangest sound
00:38:25that you have ever heard
00:38:28so you better come home quickly
00:38:40or the bun yips going to get you
00:38:58the bun yips always nasty and the bun yips
00:39:06he's the most unpleasant monster
00:39:14that you have ever seen
00:39:18so you better come home quickly and you better hide very soon
00:39:29or the bun yips going to get you
00:39:41in the moon
00:39:48so
00:40:09and the people were so frightened that they all ran away and never came back again
00:40:14my mother and father must be so worried about me
00:40:18we'll go and see platypus in the morning all the animals say he knows everything
00:40:24i'm sure he'll be able to help us find your way
00:40:44you ask me a little kid doesn't stand much of a chance out here it's bad country
00:40:52what oh yes
00:40:57but we'll keep going we must keep on searching can't understand it we followed her trail plain
00:41:07as day right up to the top of that ridge and then those animal tracks everywhere and dots tracks
00:41:12stop not another sign as if she just vanished yes i know
00:41:22if we find her at all it'll be a miracle
00:41:43are you sure platypus lives here yes why doesn't he come perhaps he doesn't know we're here
00:41:50he knows all right he knows everything he just won't be hurried that's all
00:41:56he'll talk to us when he's good and ready here he is look that's mrs platypus with him
00:42:12remember to be very polite to him now it's very hard to be polite to platypus
00:42:20because you don't know how to behave towards him if you treat him as an animal you offend
00:42:25his bird qualities if you treat him as a bird you offend his animal qualities
00:42:32it's so difficult talking to two creatures in one hello good morning good morning
00:42:39uh i'm dot i'm ornitharingus paradoxus now tell me little human are you going to write a book
00:42:46about me because if you are i'll leave immediately i can't stand any more books being written about
00:42:52me i couldn't write a book you're quite sure i can't stand humans who write books about
00:42:59me quite sure then i'll try to believe you but it's difficult to believe human beings
00:43:05they tell such dreadful stories one human said i was a duck a duck mind you another said i was
00:43:13a rat or a mole and other such nonsense and a third said that i don't lay eggs at all and
00:43:19that were beavers in disguise such insults and us too when our ancestors were on earth
00:43:27millions of years before you humans were ever thought of a million years is a very long time
00:43:33i didn't say a million i said millions my ancestors were the famous amphitherium
00:43:40the illustrious faxolotherium and the renowned stereognathus so there i didn't know that
00:43:47of course you didn't that's because humans are so new when you've been around for a few million
00:43:52years more like us old respected families you won't be quite so ignorant now what is it you want
00:44:00i'm trying to find my way i don't know oh but kangaroo said you knew everything that's true
00:44:09i know that i don't know where you live but wait what sort of bush creatures come around your
00:44:15burrow i don't live in a burrow i live in a house oh how frightfully uncomfortable for you
00:44:22i like it and the bush creatures like it too because they visit us all the time
00:44:28crickets and grasshoppers mice lizards swallows and possums and flying foxes
00:44:34kookaburras too and magpies and willy wagtails stop that last one is the answer find willy wagtail
00:44:42he'll lead you straight home he lives on the other side of echo mountain you'll get there
00:44:46by nightfall if you hurry oh thank you thank you platypus oh oh sorry i meant um
00:44:58paradoxes ornithorynchus paradoxus if you please she seems to be a pleasant child
00:45:07just a trifle lacking in education shall we inform her my dear yes let's
00:45:20i'm a horny thorincus paradoxus and when you see me first you're in but like the shocks
00:45:29i have a tail just like a beaver and fur just like a bear
00:45:33with feet just like a otter don't you know it's crude to stay i'm really quite superior
00:45:38and i trust that you're away i'm ornithorynchus paradoxus he's an ornithorynchus paradoxus
00:45:49i just said that i beg your pardon what's the matter with you your turn now thank you
00:45:55i am an ornithorynchus paradoxus good and when you see me first you're in the quite the shocks
00:46:06i give milk like any cow and the eggs like any bird if you didn't know me better you'd say it's
00:46:13quite absurd so at the risk of being monotonous and in case you haven't heard what i'm an ornithorynchus
00:46:22you heard what she said she's an ornithorynchus paradoxus it's togetherness time now my dear
00:46:31are you ready what we are ornithorynchus paradoxus and when you see us first
00:46:40you're in the quite the shocks it's really quite extraordinary you won't believe your ears we've
00:46:48been living in australia now for 60 million years
00:47:01the ornithorynchus the ornithorynchus paradoxus
00:47:19oh it's my mummy do you think we'll ever find willy wag tail i think so he's a very small bird
00:47:28but he's always singing we'll hear quite well from a long way off
00:47:32he's very friendly too i'm sure he'll help us find your way
00:47:39you can't get a good day's sleep anymore talk talk talk
00:47:45oh hello kangaroo hello what are you i'm a girl oh i've never heard of a girl before
00:47:58or seen one either what sort of tree do you live in i live at home that is when i'm there
00:48:06then where are you now i'm not at home oh then you live where you don't live
00:48:15where's that i've lost it and i don't know where it is you make my head feel empty i don't
00:48:24understand you at all i live in this gum tree would you like some of my gum leaves they're
00:48:31delicious no thank you when i'm at home i have milk and bread and eggs and lettuce i've never
00:48:41ever heard of those i'd love to see the trees they grow on will you show an egg tree or a
00:48:48bread tree to me they don't grow on trees oh you don't understand
00:48:54oh now you've made my head feel empty again
00:49:01i think i'll have a little sleep that'll make me feel better good night wait can you tell us how
00:49:10to find willie wagtail willie wagtail oh yes over there on the other side of echo mountain
00:49:26do you know the best way over the mountain
00:49:33at least we're going in the right direction
00:49:40oh
00:49:52so
00:50:07what's that i can't tell it's too far away it's very strange yes i'll have to go a little further
00:50:19and sniff the air and listen carefully i won't go far so don't be afraid
00:50:25just stay here quietly till i come back
00:50:28hurry
00:50:45what's happening why are the animals running away there's something wrong some kind of danger
00:50:51up ahead danger danger danger wombat wait danger dead oh it's humans all the animals are leaving
00:51:05danger danger we can't turn back now we'll have to keep going that's all but we must be careful
00:51:22so
00:51:38oh
00:51:51so
00:52:10what are they doing they're holding a corroboree
00:52:14we should go now look can we stay a little longer please i've never seen a corroboree before
00:52:25they're dancing you know i love dancing all right but not too long see those dingoes down there
00:52:32if they find out i'm here they'll attack
00:53:03um
00:53:18i think it's a yes it's a kangaroo dance very nasty sort of dance that one
00:53:26it's horrible i can't bear to look we'll go then if you like
00:53:31oh what are they doing now
00:53:36they're going to kill him
00:53:43they must have seen me in my pouch quickly but if you carry me you'll never get away
00:53:49come on there's no time hurry
00:54:00so
00:54:08oh
00:54:30so
00:54:43quick hide in that bush one of the dingoes is coming up the ridge
00:55:00so
00:55:12no no don't kill him
00:55:18oh
00:55:27they're coming hurry
00:55:39i'll have to try to jump the gap
00:55:42oh don't jump i'm too heavy you must put me down you'll be killed no no never again
00:55:51i'll never leave a child alone again i'm going to jump
00:56:11so
00:56:22oh
00:56:29so
00:56:41i can't go any further we're safe here aren't we no those dingoes won't give up
00:56:50i can hear them they're crossing the gully now
00:56:53now the dingoes they're coming is that so now we'll have to do something about that won't we
00:57:04but how can you you're such little birds we bitten maybe little birds but we have very big voices
00:57:24so
00:57:33oh
00:57:54oh there you are you're safe now those silly dingoes thought we were a bunyip
00:58:02and did you see those dingoes tumble down the mountainside what fools they won't bother you
00:58:07anymore friend kangaroo thank you thank you oh
00:58:19shh let her sleep she's had a dreadful time we'll stay with you till morning
00:58:41oh
00:58:46oh
00:59:07look frank you can't go on you're sick you need a doctor another day out here and you'll be dead
00:59:14that wouldn't do anyone any good not jesse not the child
00:59:21you're right i've never seen you sick like this before we'll head for home right now
00:59:30i don't know how i'm going to tell jesse
00:59:34oh kangaroo must be thirsty give her some water water i'll have to go way down to the river
00:59:46there's no water here of course there is it's all around you there scrape away that moss
00:59:54dear me you humans are so helpless
00:59:58oh there's water here of course there is now give kangaroo a drink
01:00:06that's fine now pick some of those herbs and give them to her
01:00:18there keep looking after her and she'll be all right you'll soon be on your way again
01:00:24and so must we take care thank you
01:00:54so
01:01:05so
01:01:21oh
01:01:35so
01:02:05so
01:02:24here we are the far side of echo mountain but where's willie wagtail
01:02:30oh that's him he's always singing look
01:02:42clickety-click clickety-click
01:02:45willie wagtail keeps singing that clickety-click all the bush birds agree
01:02:49my best trick is my clickety-click
01:03:03pretty quick
01:03:20clickety-click
01:03:24all the day long i sing clickety-click and i'm certain that i won't get sickety-sick
01:03:30i'll say clickety-clickety-click
01:03:50clickety-click
01:03:56and i'm certain that i won't get sickety-sick of saying clickety-clickety-click
01:04:08just one more time folks clickety-clickety-click
01:04:20me come willy wagtail my little friend here is lost platypus said you might be able to help us
01:04:27find her home a little human i like humans they're friendly to me so i'm friendly to them
01:04:35what's your name dot dot that's a pretty name and isn't that strange i heard someone calling
01:04:43your name just the other day oh they were looking for me where are they they're gone
01:04:49by now but I know where they live in a house with big verandas and a garden
01:04:54with roses and a wooden fence and not so fast that's the one but how do we get
01:05:01there oh that's easy just follow the trail west it goes past the bottom of
01:05:07the hill there I'll take you home follow me
01:05:19we searched everywhere she's just gone there's nothing else we can do
01:06:19clickety-clickety-clickety-clickety-click clickety-clickety-clickety-click
01:06:24just one more time folks clickety-clickety-clickety-click
01:06:33oh look look I'm home look there come quick we're home
01:06:40no I can't come with you why not because these are your people your family
01:06:47oh please please come with me no this is your home my home is out there but
01:06:56you'll wait for me won't you I'll bring my mother and father to you here
01:07:01look it's impossible it's it's dark dark dark you're safe what happened where
01:07:23were you are you all right oh my baby darling what happened to you we thought
01:07:32that you were you were I was lost and I didn't know what to do and the kangaroo
01:07:37gave me food to eat and took me to see all the animals and I talked to them and
01:07:42wait wait dear you're too quick for me you did say a kangaroo yes yes a kangaroo
01:07:49she's waiting for me there behind that bush come on I'll show you hurry she's
01:08:01not here she's gone where are you come back come back come back
01:08:12don't don't please don't be sad your kangaroo must have her freedom must
01:08:20leave her own life she's going home and her home is the bush kangaroo must have
01:08:29her freedom freedom freedom freedom freedom
01:08:42kangaroo kangaroo come back kangaroo come back oh kangaroo oh kangaroo kangaroo I love you so much
01:09:12come come back please
01:09:22oh kangaroo
01:09:25kangaroo
01:09:42kangaroo
01:09:45kangaroo
01:09:48kangaroo
01:09:51kangaroo
01:09:54kangaroo
01:09:57kangaroo
01:10:00kangaroo
01:10:03kangaroo
01:10:06kangaroo
01:10:09kangaroo
01:10:13come back
01:10:33you