Thursday, January 1, 2004

Santa Claus In The Bush Comments

Rating: 2.8

It chanced out back at the Christmas time,
When the wheat was ripe and tall,
A stranger rode to the farmer's gate --
A sturdy man and a small.
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A B Banjo Paterson
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Spock The Vegan 21 December 2015

I've head of goats eating metal (but I never believed it) but never heard of emus doing it.

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Richard Reid 23 March 2020

Emu r like all fowl. They grind up food, mostly grain, sometimes insects in a bag in their neck called a craw. They collect in this craw small stones or anything that will help grind food incl bits of metal

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Kim Barney 14 December 2015

Entertaining tale about Santa Claus's visit to this Australian family. My favorite poem of Mr. Paterson is THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER.

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Manonton Dalan 14 December 2015

very descriptive poem nice......

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Anil Kumar Panda 14 December 2015

Very nice Christmas poem. Enjoyed.

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A B Banjo Paterson

A B Banjo Paterson

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