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Jumper was a kangaroo who lived in the 

outback’s of Australia. He loved his home, 

his friends and his family. In fact Kangaroo 

Jumper almost had the perfect life, but he 

was missing one thing.

No matter how hard he tried, 

he couldn’t jump! Jumper was 

forced to waddle behind his 

friends and family while they 

leapt ahead of him bouncing up 

and down on their feet: 

bounce, bounce, bounce.

Everyone told jack that he 

would learn how to jump 

someday, but he wanted to 

jump now. Every single 

one of the other kangaroos 

knew how to jump. Jack 

felt like he was the worst 

kangaroo in the entire 

outback.  

Jack decided that the only thing to do was to 

go out on his own and learn how to jump.   So 

one morning, he set off walking. Jumper could 

hear the loud noise his big feet made: thump, 

thump, thump.

He went into a large field, bent his knees and 

tried to leap. Ouch! Jumper fell flat on his face! 

He tried again, and again, and again but he 

couldn't get off the ground. The next time he tried 

to leap, he heard a tiny scream as he hit the 

ground. 

        “Ouch, get off me!”

When he looked down, Kangaroo saw a little 

cricket, laying on the ground. He helped the 

cricket up and apologized for falling on top of him.

    “I’m sorry,” said Jumper, “I’m just really upset 

because I feel worthless. I’m a kangaroo that 

can’t jump.”

“Boy! I’ve been watching you try and try and 

try. What you need is confidence! Every time 

you fall, you need to get back up strong!”

Jumper listened to the little cricket, even 

though he didn’t think the cricket knew what he 

was talking about, since he was so small.

The cricket then began to jump ahead of 

Jumper, “C’mon! Jump with me!” he said.

“I’ll try!” replied the kangaroo as he tried to 

jump once more.

In no time, Jumper was hopping just like all 

the other kangaroos in the outback! He felt 

the wind in between his ears, and his feet 

were prepared to catch his weight as he came 

down. 

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