Stories featuring Roddy's friends

25 stories found featuring Joe The Jolly Jumbuck

Roddy asked his friends, "What's the best thing about camping in the bush?"

Cassie says she loved swimming on hot sunny days in the cool river near the campsite.

Joe thought the best thing about camping in the bush was seeing all the animals in their natural environment.

But Roddy had other thoughts.

Every day the Little Red Caboose would run up and down the country track delivering all sorts of things all over the countryside. Cars, coal, grains and goods.

When the train followed the track up the hills the Little Red Caboose would push with all his might to help the big engine over the crest.

"G'day Roddy," replied Desmond, "isn't it a beautiful day."

"Yes it is," said Roddy, "and a good day for a song."

The suggestion made Desmond very excited. He loved singing. "Quack, Quack," squawked Desmond loudly, "that would be great."

And no sooner had Desmond, Roddy, Cassie and Joe started singing and all the other animals joined in.

Roddy and his friends raced over to where the cry was coming from and found a baby Magpie sitting amongst the colourful leaves beneath a tall tree.

"Please help me," said the baby Magpie, "I have fallen out of the nest above."

It was dawn when the farmyard woke up to the sound of Billy The Easter Bunyip.

"Come out, everyone, come out and see!!" yelled Billy.

Roddy The Rooster, Mrs Hen and all the farmyard animals scrambled outside to see Billy The Easter Bunyip. At Billy's feet were six little fluffy chicks.

Roddy asked old Mr Wombat if he'd seen any nuts for Mrs Possum had lost all she had gathered.

"Nuts!?" cried Mr Wombat, "A whole heap of them washed down the track with the rains straight into my home." And Mr Wombat pointed to a spot beside his home where a pile of nuts stood. "It's taken me all morning to move them!"

Roddy decided that if another farmyard animal was joining them that they better make friends with it.

All the animals followed Roddy the Rooster across the yard and they stood around the big wooden crate waiting.

It was Joe The Jolly Jumbuck who couldn't sleep. Something was making him itch. And there's nothing worse than a sheep that can't sleep!

Nearby Mrs Cow was standing sound asleep when she was woken by Joe's cursing. "Curse this incessant itch!"

"Here he comes," yelled Joe when he saw Roddy The Rooster returning from the creek with the bucket of fresh water.

"SHHH!" said Cassie. Everyone in the barn went quiet.

In a few moments the barn door swung open and in came Roddy The Rooster carrying a bucket of water.

"S U R P R I S E!!!" came the yell.

"Ahh!" Roddy The Rooster jumped in surprise. The bucket of water flew into the air and came down all over Roddy.

Cassie The Carpetsnake was very excited - she loved the annual fete. Every year it was Cassie's job to run the Hoop-la stall. She'd lift the top half of her long silky body into the air so that it was stiff and encourage visitors to her stall to throw rings around her neck - and every ring that landed on her earned the contestant a prize. Sometimes Cassie would sway from side to side to make it even more difficult.

Roddy The Rooster stood with a bright red loud hailer under his wing at the the starting line for the Cross Country Three-Legged Marathon. He lifted the bright red loud hailer to his mouth and announced, "Bwark!! Two minutes to starting time!!"

Penny and Pixie Piglet, Mrs Hen and Desmond Duck were on their marks and ready to race.

And all was quiet until....

"COCKADOODLE-DOO"

"COCKADOODLE-DOO" ....again!

It was Roddy The Rooster....

AND.... it was Christmas morning!

"B'WARK!" came his cry, "Happy Christmas Everybody!!"

The little Cheeky Chicks looked up to Roddy The Rooster and one of them asked, "What's a monkey?"

As Roddy explained, monkeys lived in jungles around the world. There are all sorts of monkeys:- baboons, apes, gorillas and chimpanzees. They love swinging through trees and eating bananas.

"No rain and no cool breeze," said Roddy pointing to the stationary windmill.

Mr Horse came out of his barn and joined Mrs Cow for breakfast. "How can we escape this heat?" asked Mr Horse.

"Well, before it gets too hot we should go down to Tumbledown Creek for a swim." said Roddy. "Cassie The Carpetsnake and Joe The Jolly Jumbuck headed down there earlier."

Mr Horse was next to appear, marching proudly in full armour, like the horse of a brave knight from medieval times.

Cassie The Carpetsnake came into view pulling a small wagon bearing a hand written sign:- "The Hooded Escapologist." A mysterious figure stood on the wagon covered in a white sheet and wrapped in chains and padlocks. No one could recognise Joe The Jolly Jumbuck under that white sheet and wrapped in all those chains and padlocks!

"Well," continued Penny, as Pixie sneezed again, "Pixie got out of the creek and we ran all the way back to the farm and when we got back to the farm we were so exhausted that we fell asleep straight away - Pixie in her wet swimming costume on her wet towel."

Pixie Piglet sneezed again, "AH-CHOO! I-I-I sh-sh-should have dried myself and h-h-hung up my t-t-towel. Now I-I-I've got a c-c-cold!"

Roddy read the piece of paper out aloud to himself, "Announcing the first tour of UNCLE TIM'S BUSH BAND. Featuring Uncle Tim on harmonica, Kira Kookaburra on guitar, Kenny Kangaroo on bass and Mr Wombat on drums." Roddy was excited, "Wow! I never knew Old Mr Wombat had it in him!"

Roddy The Rooster excitedly scrambled from the roof to spread the news around. And soon the farmyard was abuzz because everyone loves a bush band!

"Have a nice day, Mrs Cow!" said Old Mr Wombat as he headed toward the farmyard. "Thanks for the invitation," said Mrs Cow who returned to eating her breakfast.

When Old Mr Wombat entered the barnyard he first saw Desmond Duck and promptly handed him an invitation. "It's on Thursday at noon," said Old Mr Wombat cheerfully.

Deputy Commander Joe The Jolly Jumbuck runs out of the building and joins Space Commander Roddy The Rooster as they hightail it back to the rocket ship.

Roddy and Joe run into the thick grey cloud that still surrounds the rocket ship and a moment later the red and yellow rocket ship appears through the cloud, leaving it behind as it darts off into the galaxy, mission complete!

"Thanks for saving me Roddy," said Joe.

As Mr Horse sang his new song his pumpkin head dress fell onto the floor, such was the exhuberance of Mr Horse's performance. But it did not matter. The song was great, and once he finished the barn erupted in applause and calls for more, more, more!!

Desmond Duck waddled out of Sandy Ponds and shook the water from his feathers before he and Joey Joey headed back up the hill, "First we'll see if Uncle Kenny is at Kira Kookaburra's house."

It was late afternoon when Desmond Duck and Joey Joey came to the end of the dusty county road and crossed over the railroad tracks. "This is where the Little Red Caboose travels every day!" explained Desmond. "Would Uncle Kenny be visiting the Little Red Caboose?" asked Joey Joey.

Roddy The Rooster is always first to rise in the morning, but not usually with a bonk to his beak.

Roddy rubbed his head and climbed to the roof of his barn to give his familar morning wake-up call.

Cassie The Carpetsnake was particularly put out, "Well, I'm not putting up with it! I'm going to somewhere safe until that station wagon full of city slickers leaves our beautiful farm!" And with that Cassie slid out of the barn.

Roddy The Rooster yelled out to Cassie as she left the barn, "You'd be safe in here, but if you want to go, remember, you must be back by morning. Before the Easter Bunyip comes! That's if you've been good all year and you want a scrumptious chocolate Easter Egg!!"

Joe The Jolly Jumbuck thought for a moment, then smiled, "Okay, Cheeky Chicks. That's a fair swap."

"Yippee," cried the happy Chicks and they gave Joe the flower pot and raced off with the colourful ball. "I hope you enjoy my colourful ball, Cheeky Chicks!" he called out.

Mrs Hen settled herself and Mrs Cow sat down in the hay.

"That's better," said Roddy, "Now calmly start at the beginning."

It had been a beautiful crisp Winter's morning at Tumbledown Creek Farm and, before breakfast, the Cheeky Chicks had asked their mother if they could visit Mrs Cow in her paddock.