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 Dingo -- very much bewildered , very much hungry , and wondering what in the world or out of it made Old Man Kangaroo hop . For he hopped like a cricket ; like a pea in a saucepan ; or a new rubber ball on a nursery floor . He had to ! He tucked up his front legs ; he hopped on his hind legs ; he stuck out his tail for a balance-weight behind him ; and he hopped through the Darling Downs . He had to ! Still ran Dingo -- Tired-Dog Dingo -- hungrier and hungrier , very much bewildered , and wondering when in the world or out of it would Old Man Kangaroo stop . Then came Nqong from his bath in the salt-pans , and said , ` It 's five o'clock . ' Down sat Dingo -- Poor Dog Dingo -- always hungry , dusky in the sunshine ; hung out his tongue and howled .
Down sat XXXXX -- Old Man Kangaroo -- stuck out his tail like a milking-stool behind him , and said , ` Thank goodness that 's finished ! '
First Flinders Kangaroo Tired-Dog ferry-boat horse-collar mulga pea salt-pans ti-trees