Birds' Eggs, Stuffed Possums

I'll go, says Terence.

He runs back to the log.

Roo-kai is perched on it, next to the packet.

We need that! says Terence. 

What for? asks Roo-kai.

The frogs aren't allowed in the museum, says Terence.

Typical, says Roo-kai. They probably wouldn't let me in either.

Parrots are different, says Terence. Do you want to?

Roo-kai is bored. Yes, he wants to.

They return to the museum entrance, with the corn chip packet.

Sweezus, Arthur and Wittgenstein have already gone in.

Gaius is waiting with the frogs and the museum man, Stanley.

I assume, says Gaius, to Stanley, that the frogs may come in, if they're inside this packet.

Certainly, says Stanley. What are their interests? Natural history? Justice, Law and Order?

What does it matter, if they must remain inside the packet? asks Gaius.

It's just when they're on the way in, says Stanley. After that, I thought they might like to view our collections. We have stones, fossils, birds' eggs, stuffed possums, old furniture and a small timber lockup which once held a famous bushranger.

The birds' eggs, says Quiet-Tartus.

Wonderful, says Gaius. Let us go in. I shall pay for our party, including a small token for the frogs. 

Not necessary, says Stanley. Is that oystercatcher coming? I'm afraid it won't....

He's my parrot, says Terence.

Stanley decides to let this go, in the interests of getting on with things, after the the hold up with the corn chip packet.

Where are the birds' eggs? asks Terence.

Over there in that cabinet, says Stanley. There are 570 of them, collected by Frederick Murray, from 1924 on.

Come on, gang, says Terence.

Will they be all right on their own? asks Stanley. I'd like to get this photograph printed. I have other commitments.

Indeed, says Gaius. Terence, stay near the birds' eggs until I return.

He goes off to the office with Stanley.

Yay! says Terence.

He runs across to the cabinet containing the birds' eggs.

The birds' eggs lie in the cabinet, arranged neatly according to type, size and markings.

Normally they pay no heed to being looked at.

But this is the first time in a long time they have been looked at by frogs.