THE SING-SONG OF OLD MAN KANGAROO NOT always was the Kangaroo as now we do behold him , but a Different Animal with four short legs . He was grey and he was woolly , and his pride was inordinate : he danced on an outcrop in the middle of Australia , and he went to the Little God Nqa . He went to Nqa at six before breakfast , saying , ` Make me different from all other animals by five this afternoon . ' Up jumped Nqa from his seat on the sandflat and shouted , ` Go away ! ' He was grey and he was woolly , and his pride was inordinate : he danced on a rock-ledge in the middle of Australia , and he went to the Middle God Nquing . He went to Nquing at eight after breakfast , saying , ` Make me different from all other animals ; make me , also , wonderfully popular by five this afternoon . ' Up jumped Nquing from his burrow in the spinifex and shouted , ` Go away ! ' He was grey and he was woolly , and his pride was inordinate : he danced on a sandbank in the middle of Australia , and he went to the Big God Nqong . He went to Nqong at ten before dinner-time , saying , ` Make me different from all other animals ; make me popular and wonderfully run after by five this afternoon . ' Up jumped Nqong from his bath in the salt-pan and shouted , ` Yes , I will ! ' Nqong called Dingo -- Yellow-Dog Dingo -- always hungry , dusty in the sunshine , and showed him Kangaroo . Nqong said , ` Dingo ! Wake up , Dingo ! Do you see that gentleman dancing on an ashpit ? He wants to be popular and very truly run after . Dingo , make him SO ! ' Up jumped Dingo -- Yellow-Dog Dingo -- and said , ` What , that cat-rabbit ? ' Off ran Dingo -- Yellow-Dog Dingo -- always hungry , grinning like a coal-scuttle , -- ran after Kangaroo . Off went the proud Kangaroo on his four little legs like a bunny . This , O Beloved of mine , ends the first part of the tale !
He XXXXX through the desert ; he ran through the mountains ; he ran through the salt-pans ; he ran through the reed-beds ; he ran through the blue gums ; he ran through the spinifex ; he ran till his front legs ached .
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