[lace-chat] Skippy
There was a wonderful (apparently true) story on our local radio station this morning. An Australian farmer was hit on the head by a falling branch during a storm. He received severe head injuries. The alarm was raised at his farmhouse by a kangaroo that the family had adopted. It was blind in one eye, was competely tame and thought it was a dog! It hammered on the farmhouse door with its front feet until someone came out, and then led them to the injured farmer. He received medical treatment and recovered. So Skippy lives! Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Yes, it's true!! Of course, the family concerned thinks it was a deliberate act of kindness and concern on the part of the kangaroo. A wild-life expert has a more mundane explanation: that the kangaroo was used to following whoever left the back door of the house for food...and probably had even learnt that knocking on the door produced food. The expert thinks that, being hungry, the kangaroo just followed whoever was the next to come out of the house. *That* brought a flood of callers to the radio station, all determined to "prove" that the kangaroo really did know it was getting help by telling their own stories of tamed kangaroos. I didn't know there were so many tame kangaroos out there...and before you all ask, no, we don't see kangaroos in the streets of the cities in Australia Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:There was a wonderful (apparently true) story on our local radio station this morning. An Australian farmer was hit on the head by a falling branch during a storm. He received severe head injuries. The alarm was raised at his farmhouse by a kangaroo that the family had adopted. It was blind in one eye, was competely tame and thought it was a dog! It hammered on the farmhouse door with its front feet until someone came out, and then led them to the injured farmer. He received medical treatment and recovered. So Skippy lives! Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://search.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Search - Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi all, The news interview I saw reported the people who cared for the kangaroo said that the kangaroo sat beside the man and called for help, not banged on the door. They looked out to see why he was calling out and saw the tree down and the guy pinned down. Cheers, Yvonne - Original Message - From: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:42 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Skippy There was a wonderful (apparently true) story on our local radio station this morning. An Australian farmer was hit on the head by a falling branch during a storm. He received severe head injuries. The alarm was raised at his farmhouse by a kangaroo that the family had adopted. It was blind in one eye, was competely tame and thought it was a dog! It hammered on the farmhouse door with its front feet until someone came out, and then led them to the injured farmer. He received medical treatment and recovered. So Skippy lives! Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Skippy
Yvonee, Hi all, The news interview I saw reported the people who cared for the kangaroo said that the kangaroo sat beside the man and called for help, not banged on the door. They looked out to see why he was calling out and saw the tree down and the guy pinned down. Cheers, Yvonne You know as well as I do that kangaroos don't make any sound - not even CLICKING with their tongues!!! :) David in Ballarat - Original Message - From: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:42 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Skippy There was a wonderful (apparently true) story on our local radio station this morning. An Australian farmer was hit on the head by a falling branch during a storm. He received severe head injuries. The alarm was raised at his farmhouse by a kangaroo that the family had adopted. It was blind in one eye, was competely tame and thought it was a dog! It hammered on the farmhouse door with its front feet until someone came out, and then led them to the injured farmer. He received medical treatment and recovered. So Skippy lives! Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
