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The most Wonderful Things have Happened

           Allfiveweresittingup,balancingthemselvesupontheirbroad,powerfultailsandtheirhugethree-toedhind-feet,whilewiththeirsmallfive-fingeredfront-feettheypulleddownthebranchesuponwhichtheybrowsed.IdonotknowthatIcanbringtheirappearancehometoyoubetterthanbysayingthattheylookedlikemonstrouskangaroos,twentyfeetinlength,andwithskinslikeblackcrocodiles.

           Idonotknowhowlongwestayedmotionlessgazingatthismarvelousspectacle.Astrongwindblewtowardsusandwewerewellconcealed,sotherewasnochanceofdiscovery.Fromtimetotimethelittleonesplayedroundtheirparentsinunwieldygambols,thegreatbeastsboundingintotheairandfallingwithdullthudsupontheearth.Thestrengthoftheparentsseemedtobelimitless,foroneofthem,havingsomedifficultyinreachingabunchoffoliagewhichgrewuponaconsiderable-sizedtree,puthisfore-legsroundthetrunkandtoreitdownasifithadbeenasapling.Theactionseemed,asIthought,toshownotonlythegreatdevelopmentofitsmuscles,butalsothesmalloneofitsbrain,forthewholeweightcamecrashingdownuponthetopofit,anditutteredaseriesofshrillyelpstoshowthat,bigasitwas,therewasalimittowhatitcouldendure.Theincidentmadeitthink,apparently,thattheneighborhoodwasdangerous,foritslowlylurchedoffthroughthewood,followedbyitsmateanditsthreeenormousinfants.

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