Tupamonku Takes on Australia by R.F. Wood

Author:R.F. Wood [Williams, E.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781481712187
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2006-10-11T04:00:00+00:00

4.

A Ride to the City

Tupamonku couldn’t read the words on the map, but he did have a good sense of direction. One day Tupamonku came out of the forest and saw a well traveled road with people driving motorized contraptions. Most of them were headed in the same direction.

Tupamonku decided to follow the road going in the same direction to see where it may take him. He was careful to keep his distance. He also thought about food. He wondered if he would be able to find eucalyptus trees where he was headed.

Sometimes a koala will eat leaves from other trees such as wattle tree, tea tree, mistletoe, box leaves and paper bark tree. Tupamonku went to the nearest eucalyptus tree and he sprang from the ground and got his front claws into the bark and up we went with the backpack on his back.

Koalas can be fussy eaters and Tupamonku was no exception. He tried some leaves and some bark and it seemed to taste alright. Then Tupamonku remembered his backpack. He could carry leaves and pieces of bark in the backpack just in case he didn’t find any trees later on.

“I will take out these clothes and hat and put them on so I can place the leaves and bark in there instead,” Tupamonku said.

So Tupamonku placed the clothes on a nearby branch and went gathering leaves and small branches and broke them up. He fit as much food into the backpack as possible.

It was time now to put on his clothes so Tupamonku put them on and actually seemed to be faster at it this time. Tupamonku waited until he got back to the ground to put on his pith helmet. Now back on the ground Tupamonku placed the helmet on his head and backpack on his back and off he went.

The excitement was building within Tupamonku. He was living his dream…being an explorer and adventurer.

He still remained cautious of people and was always looking for predators such as dogs, dingoes and foxes. Tupamonku had been very fortunate to not run into any of those predators but he knew they were out there. Tupamonku followed the road until dusk that evening and then climbed up a tree to find a nice fork where he could rest his weary body. Tupamonku ate some eucalyptus leaves after he was settled in and then off to sleep he went.

The next morning Tupamonku woke up to the sunrise. He felt invigorated and ready to take on the day. Tupamonku got fully dressed and put on his backpack. Since his pith helmet might get caught in trees, he chose to put that on once he was on the ground.

So off he went toward Adelaide and he stayed away from the road and more or less kept out of sight of people. Tupamonku had walked all during the day except when he took a lunch and an early dinner break of eucalyptus leaves.

Then he stumbled upon a very busy place where people were coming and going.

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