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 ran 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 . He had to ! Still ran Dingo -- Yellow-Dog Dingo -- always hungry , grinning like a rat-trap , never getting nearer , never getting farther , -- ran after Kangaroo . He had to ! Still ran Kangaroo -- Old Man Kangaroo . He ran through the ti-trees ; he ran through the mulga ; he ran through the long grass ; he ran through the short grass ; he ran through the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer ; he ran till his hind legs ached . He had to ! Still ran Dingo -- Yellow-Dog Dingo -- hungrier and hungrier , grinning like a horse-collar , never getting nearer , never getting farther ; and they came to the Wollgong River . Now , there was n't any bridge , and there was n't any ferry-boat , and Kangaroo did n't know how to get over ; so he stood on his legs and hopped . He had to ! He hopped through the Flinders ; he hopped through the Cinders ; he hopped through the deserts in the middle of Australia . He hopped like a Kangaroo . First he hopped one yard ; then he hopped three yards ; then he hopped five yards ; his legs growing stronger ; his legs growing longer . He had n't any time for rest or refreshment , and he wanted them very much .
Still ran Dingo -- Yellow-Dog XXXXX -- very much bewildered , very much hungry , and wondering what in the world or out of it made Old Man Kangaroo hop .
Dingo Flinders Kangaroo River cat-rabbit first mulga salt-pans spinifex ti-trees