A party took place
In far Arnhem Land
The School of the Air
Had just broken up
 
From all over the Territory
Friends came together
To play, eat tucker
And muck up
 
While the children played footy
In the hot midday sun
The parents sat under a tree
Glad of the shade
They took turns to watch
Keeping an eye out for
All they could see.
 
Then out of the blue
Came the sound of beaks stealing
And the parents leapt up from the tree.
Five cheeky emus were eating their lunch
They were tired of grass, insects and fleas.
 
There lay the rub
The wrong sort of grub
Both in the minds of humans and birds
They began to run, sugar- fuelled in the sun
Back to their own native scrub
 
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