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DOT AND THE KANGAROO

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WITH 19 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

By FRANK P. MAHONY

THE BOOKMAN (London):--"Miss Pedley has written a story for Australian children, but children of all countries will be the better for reading it.... In the end a double joy is waiting for the reader, for Dot finds again her home and her loving mother, and the faithful kangaroo finds its lost baby. Quite the right ending for Christmas-tide."

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DOT AND THE KANGAROO

DOT AND THE KANGAROO

BY

ETHEL C. PEDLEY

_With 19 Illustrations by Frank P. Mahony_

AUSTRALIA: ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD. 89 CASTLEREAGH STREET, SYDNEY 1920

Printed by W. C. Penfold & Co. Ltd. 88 Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE PLATYPUS SINGS OF ANTEDILUVIAN DAYS _frontispiece_ THE KANGAROO FINDS DOT 2 THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE KOOKOOBURRA AND THE SNAKE 14 DOT AND THE KANGAROO ON THEIR WAY TO THE PLATYPUS 18 THE PREHISTORIC CREATURES OF THE SONG 22 DOT DANCES WITH THE NATIVE COMPANIONS 26 DOT, THE NATIVE BEAR, AND THE OPOSSUM 34 THE CORROBOREE 36 A LEAP FOR LIFE 44 THE BITTERN HELPS DOT 48 THE BOWER BIRDS 56 THE EMUS HUNTING THE SHEEP 60 THE COURT OF ANIMALS 64 THE COCKATOO JUDGE 66 THE PELICAN OPENS THE CASE 68 THE KANGAROO CARRIES DOT OUT OF COURT 72 DOT'S FATHER ABOUT TO SHOOT THE KANGAROO 74 DOT WAVING ADIEU TO THE KANGAROO 76 BY THE LAKE (EVENING) 80

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