The Ringtail Possum

The sun goes down beyond the western hill And darkness comes in with the evening chill And all day creatures gone to roost and rest And ringtail possum leaves her leafy nest. She slowly walks along the woodland track Her tiny offspring clinging to her back She knows the woodland down to the last rood And she knows the best trees for the best food. She choose young trees where leaves are young and sweet And only the most tender she will eat How to survive her mother taught her so And now she teach her offspring all she know. She build her leafy nest on branch of tree Well hidden where no predator can see The wedge tail eagle o'er the woodland fly But possum's nest escapes his piercing eye. When all day creatures gone to roost and rest The ringtail possum leaves her leafy nest And slowly walks along the woodland track Her tiny offspring clinging to her back.