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Grandad Charlie, an elderly tortoise, tells his grandson Sam a story about an unusual animal, the platypus.

Once, a young platypus called Peter hatched from his egg. One morning he woke up and his mother wasn't there. He tried to find her. He asked a kookaburra if she was his mother. She said that although he did have a beak like hers, she also had feathers and Peter had fur. He asked a kangaroo if she was his mother. The kangaroo said that although she did have fur, she didn't have webbed feet like Peter.

Peter went back to the water and found a duck with webbed feet. The duck said she wasn't his mother, as he had a long tail and she didn't. Peter found a crocodile with a long tail, but the crocodile said his tail was different and he also had sharp teeth.

Duck decided Peter was a platypus. Kangaroo added that Peter had a poisonous spine to defend himself against the crocodile. Peter then went back to the river and found his mother.