How the Kangaroo got its pouch

WALT write a sequenced and detailed retelling of the Aboriginal Dreamtime legend

'How the Kangaroo got its pouch'.

How the Kangaroo got its pouch
Long, long ago there was a kangaroo mother. Her joey always ran away, she didn't like that. One day she was looking for her joey and while she was looking for her joey she met up with a wombat. The wombat was weak and tired and thirsty. The mother kangaroo said "hop on my tail and I will show you to some water" so he came with her. Next she showed the wombat some nice juicy grass and the wombat munched it all. After that mother kangaroo forgot about her joey and ran back to look for her joey. He was fast asleep under a gum tree. So she went back to the wombat. He was not there, he had disappeared. Then she smelt danger and it was a hunter so she bounded off to her joey. She took her joey over to the wombat but he was not there. The mother kangaroo said "well he must have gone home".
Really the wombat was not a wombat. He was a spirit and he was looking for the most gentle creature. He gave the mother kangaroo a pouch. She said "that's not fair" so he gave all kangaroos a pouch.
That is how the kangaroos all got their pouches.
By Eden


How the Kangaroo got its pouch
A long time ago a mother kangaroo was feeding her baby. The mother found a wombat. The wombat said "I'm hungry, I'm thirsty, I'm blind, I'm old!". The mother kangaroo said "I will take you to some water".
By Sheridan


How the Kangaroo got its Pouch
A long, long time ago there was a hungry kangaroo who was eating. A wombat came along, he said I am hungry and thirsty". The kangaroo said "grab onto my tail and I'll take you to the water and food". Then the mother remembered about her joey. She bounded everywhere and then she found her joey under a gum tree asleep. "I'll leave him" kangaroo said and bounded back to where the wombat was. She smelt danger, it was a hunter looking at the wombat. The kangaroo chased the hunter away. Then went back to her joey.
By Jacob


How the Kangaroo got its Pouch
A long, long time ago there was a kangaroo with its joey. The joey kept on running away, the mother kangaroo always had to look for her joey. Life was tiring. One day the mother kangaroo met a wombat. The wombat was very old. The wombat said, "I am blind and I haven't eaten or drunk for days". The mother kangaroo said "I will take you to some water" and then "I will take you to some fresh grass" and she did. Then she remembered about her joey. She bounded across the field and she couldn't find him. At last she found him, he was asleep. Then she bounded back across the field again. She smelt danger, she chased after a hunter. The hunter ran away. She went back to her joey.
By Aulay

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