High in a tree

lived a gigglegum bird —

its noise was the weirdest

you ever heard.

When it was happy

it made a chirp

that sounded like

a thunderous burp.

It scared a crow,

it scared an owl,

it scared a cow

and made it howl. 

Kangaroos heard it

and off they scurried,

platypuses were perplexed

while wombats worried.

So next time you

hear a burp in the bush,

just simply say:

“Gigglegum, shush!”

Beware the gigglegum bird by James Aitchison

Image from Pixabay