and behaving, unknown to himself, in the way that all kangaroos behave
when they first begin to eat green food.

Having tasted the grass, Keesa found it extremely good, and the very
next day, when his mother dropped on her forefeet to feed, his head
came out of the pouch and down went his little mouth too.

But this time out went one of his little, short, front paws and rested
on the earth. One quick movement, and, to his astonishment, he found
himself really in the world. Just for a moment he felt so terribly
frightened that he leaped straight back into the pouch again, and his
little heart beat as fast as ever his mother's did in time of danger.

But the next moment curiosity got the better of him, and he was so
proud of himself in being able to move about so nimbly that he was out
of the pouch again, and this time, not feeling half so frightened,
hopped and skipped about until even his mother looked at him with
surprise.

From that time Keesa always jumped out of his mother's pouch and ran
about while she was feeding. He felt perfectly safe now, because at
the least sign of danger all he had to do was to hop back again, pull
down his small head and hide it, and everything was all right.

But as time went on Keesa began to realize that although. Australia is
such a beautiful country the life of a kangaroo is full of danger.

Some peculiar beings called men had found out, it seemed, that the
flesh of the kangaroo was very good eating; and once having realized
this, they had no pity, but, whenever they wanted kangaroo flesh,