The Jumping Kangaroo and the Apple Butter Cat

Excerpt: Kerchug, the leap frog, was all the time jumping. He stood every morning on the edge of the pond where he lived, and said to all the birds in the trees above him: ?Isn?t it wonderful how I can jump?? Then all the birds would flap their wings and sing a song which began, ?Isn?t it a treat to see our leap frog jump so far?? One day Kerchug made a great big jump into the middle of the pool, and then swam back to the stone from which he always made his jumps. He waited for the birds to flap their wings and to sing about his jumping, but not one of them took any notice of him. Instead of that, he found Carrier Pigeon roosting on a log near the pool and looking very solemn. ?Wasn?t that a great jump?? asked Kerchug. Carrier Pigeon shook his head, and took out from under his wing a little paper envelope, which he gave to Kerchug. Kerchug opened the letter and when he had looked at it he turned white under the chin. ?Read it to me, Carrier Pigeon,? he said, ?I?ve just come out of the water, and my goggles are so damp that I can hardly see anything.?