This takes place after the episode 'Feed the Kitty'

IT CAME FROM DOWN UNDER

Gilligan was out collecting coconuts when he heard rustling and thumping coming from behind him. He turns around to find a . . .

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The Skipper and the Professor were at the lagoon picking up some driftwood when the Skipper noticed some lettering on a few of them.

"Oh no Professor please tell another animal hasn't washed ashore?" He asked pointing to the letters.

"Macropus rufus hmmmm!" The Professor replied. "I can't tell for sure I'll have to consult one of my books!"

"SKIPPER, PROFESSOR!" Mary Ann called running up. "Come quick we just found Gilligan unconscious against a tree!"

"Oh no Gilligan, Little Buddy!" The Skipper exclaimed as they followed Mary Ann.

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Fifteen fifteen minutes later they brought Gilligan to the supply hut and placed him on the table. The Professor examined him while the Skipper held a face cloth to his forehead while the Howells and the girls looked through the Professor's books to try and match the name on the crate.

"From what I can tell some kind of animal kicked him into the tree!" The Professor replied. "Any luck matching the name?"

"Not yet!" They all said and looked up as they heard Gilligan groan.

"Gilligan, Little Buddy!" The Skipper replied as Gilligan's eyes fluttered open. "What is loose on the island that did this to you?"

"I think it was a kangaroo!" Gilligan replied weakly.

Everyone looked at each other with raised eyebrows and looked into the books to match the name on the crate.

"Uh huh!" Mary Ann replied. "Macropus rufus is a Red Kangaroo!"

"Ugh! She came hopping out of the jungle, shoved a coconut down her pouch and kicked me!" Gilligan replied as he drank some water.

"Well at least it's not a big meat-eating cat this time!" Mrs. Howell replied and everyone nodded in agreement.

"Be that as it may we can't let it run loose on the island it's out of its element!" The Professor replied. "We need to try to capture it and build some kind of enclosure for it!"

"Easier said than done Professor!" The Skipper replied as Gilligan slowly sat up.

"Yeah it'll be like putting make-up on a chicken!" Gilligan replied.

"That's putting lipstick on a pig Gilligan!" The Professor replied.

"Why would you put lipstick on a pig?" Gilligan replied as everyone sighed and the Professor pinched the bridge of his nose.

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After spending the next few hours putting together a large enough bamboo cage for the kangaroo they split up to search for it. The first to spot it was the Howells.

"Thurston there it is!" Mrs. Howell whispered.

The kangaroo was in a little clearing on top of a patch of grass nibbling on some blades. They slowly approached with Mrs. Howell getting the net ready.

"Hey Miss Roo!" Thurston called out to the kangaroo and held up one of Mrs. Howell's diamond rings. "Would you like a pretty diamond?"

The kangaroo slowly approached and sniffed at it. Then she slapped Thurston on the face, grabbed the diamond, shoved it into her pouch, then did an about turn knocking them both to the ground with her tail and hopped off.

"You always were a charmer Thurston!" Mrs. Howell replied as they both winced.

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The Professor and the girls set up a snare and a net to trap the kangaroo. The Professor consulted his book as they spread out some grasses and mushrooms to feed on.

"Now let's hide these well and try to chase it through here!" The Professor replied then they heard rustling behind them. "Shhh do you hear that?"

At that moment the kangaroo landed behind them and they all screamed and jumped backwards. The Professor got caught in the snare and both girls got caught in the net. They groaned as the kangaroo ate a mushroom and hopped off.

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The Skipper and Gilligan were alert as they crept through the jungle. The Skipper had a lasso at the ready and Gilligan carried a net. They stopped short as they heard thumping and rustling all around them. Gilligan took a chance and threw the net in the direction of the rustling then heard someone screaming.

"It's us let us go!" Came Mr. Howell's voice.

As the Skipper and Gilligan helped them out of the net they noticed that Mrs. Howell's clothes were dirty and had dirt on her face and Mr. Howell had a big welt on his cheek.

"Didn't have any luck huh?" The Skipper asked as they helped the Howells out of the net.

"No and that blasted kangaroo took off with one of Lovey's diamonds!" Mr. Howell replied angrily.

"Don't worry we'll get it back!" The Skipper replied through gritted teeth.

"Captain behind you!" Mrs. Howell exclaimed pointing behind the Skipper.

The Skipper turned around and found the kangaroo behind them. The Skipper raised the net as she grunted and punched him. The Skipper growled as he dropped the net and tried to punch her but she ducked.

Then they circled each other in a fighting stance. They each took turns punching at each other and ducking. The Skipper went to duck when it looked like she was going to punch him but she leaned on her tail and kicked him knocking him into a tree. The Howell's ran to him as Gilligan jumped out of a tree and on top of the kangaroo who hopped off with him on top of her.

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Back at camp Mrs. Howell held a cold compress up to her husband face, the Skipper held a face cloth to his eye, the Professor held a compress to his head, Mary Ann had a face cloth wrapped around her ankle, and Ginger was wrapping a face cloth around her wrist when Gilligan came back to camp with a fat lip and a black eye and out of breath.

"Gilligan, Little Buddy are you okay?" The Skipper asked as he fell onto a seat next to the Skipper. "What happened where's the kangaroo?"

"I managed to wrestle her into the cage!" Gilligan replied as he took a big gulp of water. "But I collapsed and closed my eyes for a few minutes and the tide took her out into the lagoon just like it did with Leo. Now what do we do!"

"We can only hope that the cage will float into the shipping lanes like it did with Leo!" The Skipper replied as he handed Gilligan a cold compress.

"At least we know that she had plenty to eat beforehand!" The Professor replied.

"I just hope Boxie will be okay!" Gilligan replied.

"Boxie?" Ginger asked smiling.

"Yeah!" Gilligan replied. "It's a cross between Roxie and boxer because it looked like she was boxing with Skipper!"

The Skipper patted him on the shoulder as everyone chuckled.

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The next morning they were having breakfast when the news came on.

"Now here is an oddity in the news," began the radio announcer. "A United States Destroyer has just announced that it has found a full grown female Red Kangaroo floating in a crate thousands of miles from any known land. Upon examination the kangaroo was of good health but the veterinarian did find a coconut, a diamond ring, and a newborn joey in her pouch!"

"Huh no wonder why she was so grumpy!" Gilligan replied. "She was probably about to give birth and trying to get gifts for the baby!"

They chuckled and rolled their eyes as they continued eating their breakfast.

A/N: Red Kangaroos are found only in Australia. They are a type of marsupial meaning their babies called joeys develop and grow in the female's pouches. They have small heads, powerful hind legs, and a long muscular tail which they use for balance. When males fight they paw at each other and lean on their tails to kick making it look like a boxing match.

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