What is this strange looking animal?

Wow! an animal with ears like a rabbit, eyes and nose like a mouse or rat, long tail like a small kangaroo or wallaby...and it even hops like a kangaroo, and burrows like a rabbit.  Like kangaroos, it is a marsupial...it has a pouch to carry it's baby in.  And guess what...the pouch faces backwards, just so it does not get dirty when digging burrows.  How smart is that?  More! it lives in the desert, and like koalas does not drink water.  There is not much water in the desert, so that is a good thing too, don't you think?

I wonder if your teachers have guessed what the animal is?  Mercedes might know, as she has visited Australia?

See if you can find it's aboriginal name, and let me know your answer.

Until next time, big hugs from your friend Alan from DownUnder.

mi amigo Bluey el periquito

A big HELLO to all my friends at CP Ntra.Sra. del Villar.  I notice that the Blog is very quiet this year.  Has the "cat got your tongue"?  That's an English expression meaning "why are you so quiet, can't you talk?"

No doubt you are very busy with your studies?

Coral and I have been very busy this year too.  We play sport four times a week, which does not give us much time for other things. We love our Table Tennis and Model Air Plane flying!

I have a new friend.  My daughter Angelina found this baby Budgerigar on the walk way near our house. He was hungry and not able to fly very well, so HE adopted us.  His name is Bluey. We did not know at first if it is a boy or girl...so Bluey was chosen as a name because it can be either.  Do you like that name?

Bluey loves doing tricks in his cage. He can swing upside down, and climb all over the bars of his cage.  We think he is smart.  We hope to be able to teach him to talk.

Now, Budgies are found all over the world. They are a popular pet.  But did you know that this little bird is a native of Australia. True!  Can you find out what the most common colour is?  It isn't blue!

We now know Bluey is a boy...do you know how we can tell this?

I hope that you can find time to write, just a little.

Your old friend,

Alan