How do we look? asks Quiet-Tartus.
Can't see you, says Terence.
The frogs straighten up.
They are each holding three emu feathers.
Were you hiding? asks Terence.
No, says Shorty-Tartus. Collecting.
They sell those feathers, inside, says Katherine. I don't think you should keep them.
Let them, says Roo-kai.
What are they for? asks Terence. Cushions?
Fighting, says Quiet-Tartus. Now we need belts.
Come on, says Katherine. We must be on our way to Toowoomba.
They all head to the car.
Katherine puts her bag on the passenger seat.
Terence, Roo-kai and the frogs are again in the back.
The frogs' plastic shopping bag nest is now fringed with feathers.
If you wanted feathers, says Roo-kai, I could have provided.
Not like these, says Shorty-Tartus. These plumes will strike terror into the hearts of our cousins.
You think? says Roo-kai.
I do, says Terence. Or maybe their noses.
Terror into their noses? says Roo-kai.
When they sneeze, says Terence.
More likely Quiet and Shorty will be doing the sneezing, says Roo-kai.
Achoo! says Terence.
Was that a real sneeze or an example? asks Roo-kai.
An example, says Terence.
We will need belts, says Shorty-Tartus. Any ideas?
Rubber bands , says Katherine, I have a few in my bag. Come through to the front, Roo-kai, and find them.
Roo-kai squeezes through to the front.
The bag is still gaping open and the first thing he sees is the meat cuts.
Why did you buy emu meat cuts, Katherine, if you don't mind me asking?
I now wish I hadn't, says Katherine.
That doesn't answer my question, says Roo-kai.
I thought I might make a nourishing soup with the neck bones, says Katherine.
But you are on holiday, says Roo-kai.
Yes, says Katherine, but when the boys arrive in the camper.... says Katherine. I imagined myself doing it.
And now, says Roo-kai.
I have gone off the project, says Katherine. Have you found those rubber bands yet?
Roo-kai delves deeper. He finds two rubber bands.
He wonders what Katherine uses her rubber bands for.
Never mind. He has asked enough questions.
He hops through to the back with the rubber bands and helps the frogs into them.
Terence helps stick the plumes in.
The effect is quite good.
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