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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2021
© 2021 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 37, No. 32
Can you help me
find my joey? (Joey is
what baby kangaroos
are called.)
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Some of the words in the story got washed into the stream.
Use them to fill in the blanks.
Great
Ocean
Wombat smiled.
It made Mama
Kangaroo happy
to see him ____________ better.
ne day, Mama Kangaroo
was ___________ with her
joey near a stream.
An old, blind wombat wandered
close to them. He was ________
and muttering, “Old and useless,
old and useless …”
J
ust then, Mama Kangaroo
looked for her joey. He had
wandered off! She couldn’t
_____ him.
Mama Kangaroo asked him,
“What’s the trouble, friend
Wombat?”
“I’m old and I’m blind and none
of the other ____________ want
me around. I’m very lonely.”
M
Mama Kangaroo was ________.
She said to Wombat, “My
joey has wandered off!
He’s always hopping
away when I’m not
___________!”
ama Kangaroo had a kind
heart. “I’ll be your
friend,” she
said. “My joey and
I will ________
you find tasty
grass and
clean
water.”
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That afternoon, Mama Kangaroo
found her joey ______________
under a tree. She was so relieved!
W
ombat was not ________
a wombat – he was
the god Byamee in
disguise. He had come to the
world to find out which
creature had the kindest _______.
Byamee gave Mama Kangaroo
a gift – a pouch where she
could carry her joey! Now
she could ________ him
wherever she went and he
could even sleep in the
pouch when she did her chores.
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Kangaroo Code Trivia
What is a wombat? A wombat looks
like a small bear but is, in fact, a marsupial
with a pouch to carry its young. They are
found in Australia and the surrounding
islands.
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What’s the name for a group of kangaroos?
What do you call a kangaroo that weighs
less than 45 lbs (25kg)?
Who is
Byamee?
In Australian
aboriginal
mythology, Byamee
is the creator god and
sky father. The first
inhabitants of
Australia have been
there for more than
50,000 years.
Looking for
Kindness
HAMPTON
LUMBER MILLS
Look though the
newspaper for articles
and photos that are
examples of kindness.
Cut them out and
paste them on another
sheet of paper to
make a kindness
poster to display in
your home.
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Standards Link: Reading
Comprehension: Understand
meaning from context clues.
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Old folktales like How Kangaroo Got a Pouch were often
created to teach a lesson. Unscramble each word below to
figure out what this folktale teaches.
ABORIGINAL
KANGAROO
RELIEVED
WOMBAT
BYAMEE
FATHER
SCARED
POUCH
BLIND
HEART
TEACH
JOEY
LOST
GIFT
MAMA
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D T S R E H T A F B
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words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
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T
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Hop is a verb. It is an action word. Look
through the newspaper for 10 or more action
verbs such as swim, run, walk, etc. Can you
act out each one?
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