(Renny wants to be a part of the manger scene now to welcome Jesus, by the way; I think this is maybe in some obscure bit of apocrypha, the rainbow wombat at the birth of the Christ child, so there's no need to laugh).
Ok, I got distracted from reading the post, since this line reminded me of something:
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Date: 2010-01-09 09:37 pm (UTC)Ok, I got distracted from reading the post, since this line reminded me of something:
Wombat Divine is a book by (moderately famous, at least hereabouts) children's author Mem Fox.
In it, all the Australian animals are putting on a nativity play, and the main character, a wombat, desperately wishes to join in, but he's too short for one role, too heavy for another, etc. Eventually he plays baby Jesus and falls asleep in the manger.
:D.