Greg, a koala, and his wife welcome a new baby, Joey. As Joey grows, Greg teaches him about koala life. Koalas live in trees and eat eucalyptus leaves. One day, while exploring, Greg and Joey are attacked by a dingo. Joey bravely fights off the dingo by hitting it with a rock. Both koalas are shaken but survive the encounter. Greg promises Joey they will explore more tomorrow.
2. There once lived a happy koala named Greg. His wife was in the hospital about to give birth. Greg dad was out buying a present for his son, Joey. When he got back to the hospital, he went into his wife's room and saw a new baby on his wife’s hands. He nearly fell out the window from excitement, but hung on. Two days later it was ok for them to go home. They were so happy to have a new baby at their house.
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4. “ Yes I know.” His dad said. As the years pasted by the young koala grew. “I’m going outside to explore.” Said Joey. “Ok I will go with you.” His dad said. “ Wow is this were we live” Joey asked excitedly. “Yes” his dad said. We live in the western part of Australiaaaaaaahhh. “Are you ok,” Joey asked as he hurried down the tree. ”Yes,” his dad said. “I slipped on a banana peel.”
5. The highlighted areas of this Australian map are where some koalas live. Not all koalas live in these areas. Some koalas live in Northern Queensland or in southwestern Victoria.
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8. “ When they finally arrived at the river his dad quickly got cleaned up. Ok lets go home we’ve had enough adventure for today. On their way home his dad heard some one coming.
9. Shhh. Stay here. “Hello Marty,” Joey’s dad said, as the Marty the dingo starts growling at them. “Run home and tell your mother to lock the doors,” his dad said. Joey started running but turned back when he heard his dad scream. Joey came back running and grabbed a big rock. He saw Marty on top of his dad he threw himself on top of Marty and hit him three times on the head. Marty growled as his head started bleeding. Marty was going after Joey but his dad picked Marty up and threw him. Marty ran of whimpering.
10. “ Glad that’s over with,” his dad said as they were climbing up the tree. “Yeah,” Joey said “Are you hurt,” he asked his dad “Just some cuts and bruises.” His dad answered him. When they got there his dad send him to bed. “We will go explore some more tomorrow,” “good night,” his dad said.