The foundation of every kangaroo's personality ever here: the Kangaroo, having found Mouse to be without a mother, has taken him into her pouch and is determined not to let her out. (See also https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36189304/ ) In the original sequence Mouse was complaining about his lot to Pogo. I didn't think I had enough room for that. Walt Kelly is of the opinion that kangaroos don't need more than two toes so I respect his decision.

See if you can tell where in that lengthy word balloon I figured out how to pace the strokes going into my letters. The exclamation point running over the edge of the balloon is from the original and is something I never, in thirty years of reading this strip, noticed before copying it.