Bushfires

I could hear the tree branches falling

My Mama squeezing me tight

The fire was all I could see

Birds were screaming that night

I tried to climb higher into the tree

It was such a fright. Everything was burnt

It was a very scary night.

The next morning I woke to people talking

Mama wasn't by my side.

Vets tried to grab me out of my tree

But I held on really tight.

they touched my burnt feet.

The examined my great big eyes.

But where's my Mama?

They took me in a truck.

To a place with lots of animals.

They put me in a big cage, with lots of other koalas

I guess this is my home now.

But where's my Mama?