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Towards evening of the following day the guests began to arrive. First of all came a most distinguished gentleman, Mr Tree-Kangaroo. He was cluttered up with luggage--all attached to his tail, by the way--and judging from his appearance he had come a long way. "A-hem!" he coughed, as he approached the manager's office, where Splodge sat on a flat rock, underneath the bough of a pretty sapling. A large book and pencil lay before him on the stump of a tree.
-"Is this the 'A Home Away From Home', guest house?" Mr Tree-Kangaroo asked, looking disdainfully down his nose at Splodge.