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Here are the adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.



They were foster-brothers, and this is how it came about.



When Cuddlepie was very small – that is, when he had only been out of the bud a few hours – a great wind arose and, lifting him out of his mother’s arms, carried him far across the tops of many trees and left him in a spider-web.

This saved his life, but again he nearly lost it, for a short-sighted old bird, mistaking him for a grub, was about to eat him up, when a Nut, beholding, shouted "Bird! Bird! mind the snake."

The old bird, very frightened, flew away. Then the kind Nut climbed up the spider-web, lifted up the little cold, weeping baby and gently carried him home.

Now this was the home of Snugglepot, and the kind Nut was his father. Here then lived Cuddlepie side by side with Snugglepot, and they grew strong and fat as you see them in the pictures. One day a wise old Kookaburra came to the neighbourhood. All the Blossoms and Nuts crowded in to hear him speak.

He said, "I am old! I have traveled! I have seen Humans! Humans are strong as the Wind, swift as the River, fierce as the Sun. They can scratch one stick upon another and, lo, there will be a Bush Fire. They love the Fire.

The male Human carries it about in his skin and the smoke comes out of his nostrils. They whistle like the birds; they are cruel as the snake. They have many skins which they take off many times. When all the skins are off the Human looks like a pale frog."

Those Strange Humans



Now Snugglepot and Cuddlepie were scared all over to hear of these things, so they went often to listen to the wise Kookaburra.

"These Humans," said Mr. Kookaburra, "are as bad as bad, but there must be bad things in this world as well as good. It would be very awkward for me if there were no snakes to eat." And Snugglepot and Cuddlepie thought very much about it all.

One day they asked Mr. Blue-cap Wren if it were all true. "Quite," said he, "I have some relations living in the Sydney Domain, and I know." "I want to see a Human," said Snugglepot. "In the distance," said Cuddlepie.

The Journey Begins



One very hot night, when the Cicadas were singing so loudly that Snugglepot couldn’t hear his father snoring, he and Cuddlepie crept out of bed and out of the house. "Where are you going?" asked Cuddlepie. "To see the Humans," said Snugglepot. "Only in the distance," pleaded Cuddlepie.

Then they began their journey. When they had walked a long way Snugglepot said, "It is nearly day, let us pretend to be birds so that no one will know us." "Yes," said Cuddlepie; "but we can’t fly."

They found an old nest and took the feathers from it and dressed themselves in them. When the Sun rose they were far from home.

In the little home the kind father and mother and little baby brother had looked out all night long into the darkness, but Snugglepot and Cuddlepie were far away.

An Awkward Mistake



No one had known them, but all who passed them had said, "What strange birds!" Then Snugglepot had chuckled in his neck, and Cuddlepie had chuckled in his neck too.

All day they walked upon a busy highroad. See them in the picture – Snugglepot is leaning out of a nut helping himself to a bun. It is a grass-root bun. At last it grew dark and, being very tired, they went to sleep in a hollow tree. Now it so happened that a very greedy Owl lived in this tree. When Cuddlepie went to sleep Snugglepot had covered him with all the feathers to keep him cosy. So when the greedy Owl opened his eyes the first thing he blinked at was Snuggle-pot’s little fair body lying in the moonlight.

Pink Mouse! Pink Mouse! and I'm so hungry," muttered the greedy owl. Then he pounced upon Snugglepot and flew with him out into the sky.

Poor Baby Ants



At the flutter of wings Cuddlepie awoke. When he saw the terrible thing that was happening he screamed aloud, "Take me ! Take me! I don’t want to be left. I would rather be eaten with Snugglepot than live alone without him." But the greedy Owl flew on, away, away till he was but a speck in the distance.

Poor little Cuddlepie tried to run after them, but the tears in his eyes were so big that he could not see which way to go.

Now the greedy Owl had a greedy wife, and in his haste to get his pink mouse out of her way he had not noticed that he was carrying a Gumnut Baby, and not a pink mouse at all. When he saw his mistake he was so shocked that he let Snugglepot fall.

Down, down, down he tumbled, right through the window into an Ant’s house. A tired night-nurse saw him coming, but before she could do anything he had crashed in and killed several babies. This was a blessing for Snugglepot, but it was sadly hard on the baby ants. "I’m so sorry," said Snugglepot. "It can’t be helped," said the Nurse.

Kind Mrs. Fantail



"What will their mother say?" asked Snugglepot, brushing tears from his eyes. "She won’t know," said the Nurse, "we have three hundred babies in the house."

The Nurse was a kind person. When Snugglepot had told his story she patted his back and said, "I have a sister who works for a Blossom Lady near here. They will help you." She pointed the way to Snugglepot and he soon found the house.

It was now early morning and the Blossom was taking her bath, but when the Nurse’s sister gave her Snugglepot’s message she hastily dressed and came to see him. While they were talking a bird flew in with the news that a poor little Gumnut Baby was down in the road, weeping and crying out in great distress.

"It’s my brother," cried Snugglepot. "Then come," said the bird, "get on my back", and she flew with him straight to where poor little Cuddlepie was wandering. When he saw Snugglepot, Cuddlepie ran into his arms and held him so tightly about the neck that Snugglepot was nearly choked. Snugglepot did not like kissing in public, so he said, "We must thank kind Mrs. Bird."

"Fantail is my name," said she. "Mrs. Fantail," said Snugglepot, "can we do anything to please you, ma’am?" Mrs. Fantail was rather a gadabout, so she said, "Yes, I’d be so obliged if you’d step up and mind my eggs for me while I pay some calls."

Snugglepot and Cuddlepie were glad to be of use. They climbed up into her nest and she went off gaily. She was a long time away. "I think," said Snugglepot, "these eggs are getting cold."

Mr. Lizard Helps



"We’d better sit on them," said Cuddlepie. "Sit light, then," said Snugglepot. "I will," said Cuddlepie; so they both sat on the eggs.

The sun was warm, and all the bees round the tea-trees were singing a lazy tune. Snugglepot and Cuddlepie had been up all night and were very tired, so they fell asleep and sat hard, and all the eggs were broken.

When they woke up they cried aloud, "Oh!!, whatever shall we do?" A big Lizard looked up from below. "What’s the matter?" he asked. When they told him he only smiled.

"Why, I can get you some eggs that will do just as well," said he, and disappeared in a flash. Presently he came back with two lovely eggs, all warm, so they put them in the nest, and the Lizard, having nothing to do, said he would ride them along their way. They chatted as they went along and soon became very good friends.

By and by they entered a village. There, they were surprised to see an Editor writing all about them in his Newspaper. Gumnut Editors generally write backwards, because they say it takes longer to read that way, and the people think they are getting more news.

"Why, there are our portraits," said Snugglepot. "Oh, Mr. Lizard," they cried, "please ride us away as fast as you can."

When Mr. Lizard heard that they were travelling far to see a Human, he said he would like to go with them, and if they liked he would ride them all the way, for he had taken a great fancy to Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, and they already loved him; so it was agreed.

He went back to say good-bye to his wife, promising to return at once. In the meantime Snugglepot and Cuddlepie bought two little secondhand houses from a wayside shop. (Gumnuts always carry money in their caps.) "They will be warm to sleep in, the nights are getting cold," said Snugglepot, "and we can rest till Mr. Lizard comes back."

So they settled in and both went fast asleep.........................

Written By May Gibbs. Thank-you to Nutcote..............and all the bush creatures; even the Banksia Men........
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