come if you called----"

"'Till all's blue!" interrupted the Judge, and he went on with "Pop goes
the weasel." This news caused a buzz of excitement. Everyone was
astounded that the Kangaroo, who had the heaviest grievances of all,
wouldn't appear against the prisoner.

"Is it possible," said the Pelican, addressing the Kookooburra in slow
stern accents, "Is it possible that the Kangaroo has forgiven all her
grievances?"

"All," said the Kookooburra.

"The hunting?" asked the Pelican.

"Yes," answered the Kookooburra.

"The rugs?"

"Yes."

"The boots?"

"Yes."

"And," said the Pelican, still more solemnly and slowly, while all the
Court listened in breathless attention, "and has she forgiven
_Kangaroo-tail soup_?"

"Yes! she's forgiven that too," answered the Kookooburra cheerfully.

"Then," said the Pelican, hotly, "I throw up the case," and he spread
his huge black wings, and flapped his way up into the sky and away.

"What a go!" said the Judge; and he might have said more, only Dot could
not hear anything on account of the racket and confusion. The trial had
failed, and every creature was making all the noise it could, and
preparing to hurry away. In the middle of the turmoil, Dot's Kangaroo
bounded into the open space, panting with excitement and delight.

"Dot! Dot!" she cried, "I've found Willy Wagtail, and he knows your way!
Come along at once!" And, putting Dot in her pouch, the Kangaroo leaped
clean over the Judge and carried her off!

CHAPTER XII

Although the Kangaroo was longing to hear the reason why so many Bush
creatures had collected round Dot whilst she was away, she was too
anxious to carry her to Willy Wagtail before nightfall to wait and
enquire what had happened. Dot, too, was so excited at hearing that her
way home had been found, that she could only think of the delight of
seeing her father and mother again. So the Kangaroo had hopped until she
was tired and needed rest, before they spoke. Then Dot described the
Trial, and made the Kangaroo laugh about the Cockatoo Judge, but she did
not say how it had all ended because the Kangaroo had forgiven Dot for
Humans making rugs of her fur, boots of her skin, and soup of her tail.
She was afraid of hurting her feelings by mentioning such delicate
subjects. The Kangaroo never noticed that anything was left out, because
she was bursting to relate her interview with Willy Wagtail.

She told Dot how she had found Willy Wagtail