It seemed to be a very pleasant world, but he had no idea before that
his mother was so big, or that she could hop such tremendous
distances.

When he looked up at her he saw two little paws above him hanging down
in just the position that a dog puts his paws when begging. Above
these little paws he saw a small, graceful head, long and somewhat
oval, with outstanding ears, soft, gentle eyes, and a flexible mouth,
with cleft lips which opened every now and then and showed white but
savage teeth which looked as though they could bite very sharply when
their owner liked.

Having scrutinized his mother from below, Keesa turned his attention
downwards, and then noticed what extremely long hind legs she had, and
that she was sitting on them and her tail in a very comfortable
manner.

Glancing instinctively round, Keesa saw that it was a very pleasant
country, and that there were a good many others like his mother,
sitting or moving softly about with long leaps, one and all keeping a
sharp lookout for danger while munching the tender leaves and grass.

Once having had this peep at the world, Keesa became very interested
in it, and every day poked his little head out of the pouch and
watched his mother's proceedings.

One day, when she let herself drop on her forepaws to nibble the nice,
green grass, Keesa, on peeping out, found his own mouth close to the
ground. Out of mere curiosity he tasted a little bit of the herbage,
sniffing it very carefully, first of all, with his funny little nose,