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be fine.
    Jason grabbed a bandaid from his pocket and, still talking to the boy about the Komodo, placed it over the sore knee before the boy noticed the blood.
    Bindi smiled. Jason didn’t seem like the kind of guy who would show his compassionate side, but here it was for all to see. Shame the cameras weren’t here to catch it.
    A shout followed by a Japanese man running towards the boy disrupted the moment, and the boy jumped off Jason’s lap and ran towards his father. The father picked him up in a big hug and walked over to Jason, patting him on the shoulder gratefully.
    â€˜No worries, mate. Your little guy loves the reptiles, right?’ He pointed to the Komodo dragon.
    The father nodded. ‘Very much.’
    Jason turned to go, and the little boy struggled out of his dad’s arms and made a noise. Jason turned back around as the little boy stood up straight, and then bowed to Jason. Jason nodded and bowed back.
    Bindi walked over to Jason. ‘Everything okay, mate?’
    Jason was startled, and looked at his watch. ‘Gee, sorry. Completely lost track of time.’ He took another look at the boy, and a parting glance at the perentie, and then jogged back with Bindi to the film crew.
    On the jog back, Jason turned to Bindi. ‘Youdidn’t see any of that, did you?’
    Bindi looked innocently back at him. ‘Any of what?’
    Phew! Jason’s was relieved. His tough-guy image remained intact.

AFTER A FILMED INTRODUCTION for Jason, where he started talking about a camping trip he’d been on when he’d woken to find a red-bellied black snake in his sleeping bag (he didn’t seem to understand Stan the director’s hand gestures to WRAP IT UP and continued with theyarn for five minutes longer than anyone wanted), Bindi could finally call the Wildlife Games officially begun.
    â€˜Mimi, Declan, Anastasia and Jason, the first of the day’s challenges will be a Trivia Treasure Hunt,’ said Bindi solemnly. ‘You will have three clues and 30 minutes to find the three places in the zoo that will take you to the next destination.’
    A bird handler made a flicking movement, and a blue-winged macaw flew in and dropped an envelope at Mimi’s feet. A moment later, a sulphur-crested cockatoo did the same to Declan, and two other parrots deposited envelopes to the other two contestants.
    Bindi took out a large stopwatch. ‘Your time starts NOW!’
    The contestants ripped open their envelopes.Unfortunately, Mimi ripped so hard the actual clue got ripped in half too. After quickly putting the two pieces together, she read, ‘Listen to the beat of the drums.’
    She glanced over at the other contestants, who were all frowning at their pieces of paper. She thought hard – Drums, drums, rock bands have drummers? She couldn’t think of a rock band or an animal that had anything to do with a rock band. Drums, other types of drums? She closed her eyes to concentrate, and under the myriad sounds of the zoo, she heard a distant rhythmic beat. She opened her eyes, and began running.

    Up at the African Savannah, the second-unit film crew were focused on Robert and two Africandrummers. They each had a drum between their knees, and were taking turns beating out a rhythm. One of the drummers would start, and the other two would answer. They were having such a great time, they’d forgotten that they were providing the answer to clue number one.
    At least, until the cameraman left them and started running down the hill. They realised the contestants were on their way.
    They stopped drumming. Robert called out, ‘And a one, and a two, and a one, two, three, four,’ and the three drummers changed the rhythm and started to beat out the same pattern.
    Ta, ta, ta, ta-tata, ta, ta.
    Under his breath, Robert sang the tune quietly to make sure he kept the rhythm. No you can’t get friendly with a crocodile. Don’t be taken in