One day a terrible commotion was heard coming from his place. Some of the local kids had apparently read "Swiss Family Robinson" and decided that if ostrich could be ridden then so could emus. But the emus had never read the book and all they knew was that these small humans were attempting to climb on them. They did not take well to this and started kicking.
The kids ran in the only direction they could which was into the peacock area. Who started screaming and pecking. The peacocks, not the kids. Although by this time the kids were screaming too.
And this caused the dogs to start barking.
Which got all the dogs in the area to start barking.
We had not had this much excitement since the buffalo decided to roam.
Emus and peacocks and dogs, oh my!