4.24.2006


we named this guy "Inconspicuous" because he wasn't. he would lurk around the campsites, trying to look all inconspicuous. you know, sorta pretending he's just hanging out. he'd look off in the distance, take a few steps towards you, then look the other way, another few steps. pretend to munch on some grass or other grub he happened upon, then take a few steps more and so on. rrrrealllll inconspicuous dude. one night he ate pages from someone's book. the last ones. another evening he was after someone's magazine, before i shoooooed him away. on yet another occasion, he stole our loaf of bread. we had left it unattended for a mere 3 mins, to go take a closer look at some cute kangaroos accross the way. i'm sure Inconspicuous had set it all up: "Ok, so you guys go hang out over there and look pretty and when the dumb humans go take a closer look, i'll get the bread...got it ?" Well, it almost worked. Luckily, he dropped it during his getaway. I went to pick it up and i swear he had a go at it, just as i did so. he came back, practically growling and when i tried to scare him off he leaned back on his tail and assumed the "boxing kangaroo stance". i kid you not. for half a second i could see the headlines: "Canadian traveler assaulted by local Roo lies in shock at Exmouth Hospital". oh the shame. anyway, i decided to face the beast and made myself look real big and showed no fear. he took off. in the end we had to throw away 5 pieces of bread that he had managed to chew parts of. from then on, it was war.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think they used to train kangaroos to box, maybe this one escaped.

Anonymous said...

very good funny story alexi