People & Places
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Atlas began to blow a bubble as he thought about Australia... There were a lot of strange animals in Australia -- koala bears and duck-billed platypussies and of course there were kangaroooOOOOOOs! The rocking chair shuddered and shook, and bounced in the air! Atlas looked down in amazement. He was sitting in the pouch of a big red kangaroo.
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Belle hadn't meant to stay so long. It must be after eight o'clock, way past breakfast. How was she going to explain? Suddenly Belle stopped, listening intently as an unfamiliar sound drifted to her on the early morning breeze. Then she recognized what it was. Gunfire! Batoche was under attack!
