magic tree house 20 dingoes at dinnertime

Annie believes the Rainbow Serpent must have brought the rain and points to the rainbow as proof.

It identifies the markings as a depiction of the Rainbow Serpent from Aboriginal mythology. Jack finds the painting in the book about Australia. On the bark is the same painting the children saw in the cave. When Jack gives the joey to his mother, the mother gives them a piece of bark before hopping away. Just when Jack begins to think that the dingoes or fire had harmed the kangaroo, the mother returns. The rain puts out the wildfire, so Annie finds a safe place to leave the koala before she, Jack and Teddy return to the spot where the mother kangaroo left her joey. Thunder rumbles outside, and Teddy leads them to the front of the cave. Curious, Annie and Jack place their hands over the handprints. On the cave walls, they find a strange painting: a large white snake with glowing handprints beneath it.

Inside the cave, the children and animals are safe from the fire. By the time she returns, the smoke is too thick to see. Jack says they must go find the tree house before it burns, but Annie runs back for the koala, knowing it is too slow to escape the flames. The kookaburra from earlier flies past them, away from the fire. Jack realizes that it wasn’t coming from campers but from a wildfire.

The plume of smoke thickens as the children and Teddy continue toward it. Jack wears his backpack backward and puts the joey in it to make him feel more at home. Jack and Annie decide to watch over the joey until his mother returns. The mother kangaroo throws her joey out of harm’s way as she runs on, hoping to lead the dingoes away. Suddenly three dingoes come out of the bush and chase the kangaroo away. Jack looks up facts about kangaroos in the Australia book he brought from the tree house. The kangaroo is suspicious at first, but soon she and Annie are having a hopping contest.

They pass a pair of emus, a koala bear and a kookaburra on their way.Īnnie notices a sleeping kangaroo with a joey in her pouch and accidentally wakes it when talking to Jack. Thinking there must be campers nearby, they head toward it. Jack and Annie suddenly have broad hats that will protect them from the sun. The tree house lands in a hot, dry jungle. Jack knows that kangaroos only live in Australia, so he is not surprised when the magic tree house transports them there for their next adventure. Morgan’s note is still in the magic tree house, reminding them that they need four gifts to break the spell on Teddy. The kids assure their parents they will be home for dinner. From their front porch steps, Jack and Annie hear Teddy’s bark calling them to the magic tree house.

Magic tree house 20 dingoes at dinnertime