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Ranger Roo visits Argentina

As a part of an e-pal program with a Victorian school, students from the Colegio Ward School in Buenos Aires, Argentina have been sent a Ranger Roo plush toy and resources to help them learn about Australia's national parks and animals.

Ranger Roo is fast becoming a well known mascot around the world, with appearances in bars, schools and hotels throughout Europe including Greece, Ireland, England and now South America!

'The children here really love Ranger Roo and have had lots of fun with him' (teacher)

Below is one of the story's written by the Argentinean children. Story: Ranger Roo and his friends save the world, By Martina D.D. and Julieta V.

"Last year in the national park Ranger Roo was hopping. It was the first morning of Spring. The flowers were growing and the birds were singing. Ranger Roo was a friendly kangaroo. He was the leader of the gang. The gang was called “Ecological Animals”.

While Ranger Roo was hopping he met Gracie the galah. She was trapped in a cage. They escaped and ran away.

Later Wally the wombat ran to meet Ranger Roo and Gracie. On his way he saw many cars contaminating the air and many animals dying. Then Wally was walking when he met Fifi the green tree frog. Fifi was listening to hip hop music. They started talking and then they heard Dingo crying. Dingo was a wild dog, a lonely wild dog. Dingo was crying! His mother had died because she had eaten rubbish.

After that all the animals met in the national park. They decided to hide in a cave. A week later people realized that there weren’t any animals at the national park. But they found dead animals.

Finally, the people started talking about taking care of the environment. Then the animals went out of the cave. Everyone was happy at the national park.

The End"





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