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Saturday, May 17, 2014

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the emu a flightless Australian bird


image from google dot com

...The emu was very interested in dancing, so she flew down from her home beyond the clouds, and asked the birds if they would teach her to dance. A cunning old native companion replied: "We shall be very pleased to teach you our dances, but you could never learn with such long wings. If you like, we will clip them for you." The emu did not give much thought to the fact that short wings would never carry her home again. So great was her vanity that she allowed her wings to be clipped very short...read the whole story HERE

detention lines -
"the way of the transgressor..."
chalked on the black board

---- gillena cox

"The way of the Transgressor is exceedingly difficult " this was a frequent and favourite line given to kids in detention when i was a student at high school


I am blog hopping today at

6WS


The prompt at Nahaiwrimo today is emu, and i have double posted to my blog

18 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:59 PM

    What a fascinating story! *smile*

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  2. Emu's are a very interesting bird!

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  3. Glad you enjoyed it CC

    much love...

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  4. Sure are Tony, thanks for dropping in

    Much love...

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  5. Marvelous story. Thanks. All that talk of emu & emu egg made me hungry for an oversized omelette.

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  6. Smiles, glad you dropped in Ron

    much love...

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  7. I read the entire story of the emu, and I felt sorry for the thoughtless bird.

    Thank you for sharing this.

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  8. Anonymous12:23 AM

    I think emu are interesting. Thanks for this story! Sounds like you spent time in detention. Oops.

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  9. i thought it a sad tale; Glad you dropped in Romi

    much love...

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  10. yup(◕‿◕。) happy you dropped in Mc

    much love...

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  11. They are wonderful to see!

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  12. ohhhhhhhhhhhh poor things....

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  13. Thanks for dropping in Karen

    Much love...

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  14. Glad you dropped by Lorraine

    Much love...

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  15. Enjoyed the story.

    Adelaide

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  16. Happy you dropped in Adelaide

    Much love...

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  17. I like emus and that's such an interesting story about them!

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  18. Happy you stopped by Freida

    much love...

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