Why the koala stayed up in the trees

Why the Koala stayed up in the trees

By Kyla

 Long, Long ago there once was a shy Koala who lived in the bush, and was frightened of trees.

In the daytime, in Australia the Koala and the possum were siting around a bush acting bored, meanwhile the possum was talking about a story that happened a hundred years ago, that had been past down in his family.

The Koala sat down, not long after this the possum was pointing to a tree. The possum said that the leaves in the tree were poison and that the Koala should never eat them, or touch them or else the Koala would fall into a deep sleep.

Suddenly, the Koala was eating all the leaves in the tree. But then, the Koala was fast asleep on top of the long branch. Just as the possum was about to turn around to grab his delicious sandwich, he found the koala sleeping in one of the long branches in the Eucalyptus tree. The possum tried to wake the Koala up, but it was no use. He packed up the picnic basket and went home, leaving the Koala behind. He left a note on the table saying he went home.

The Koala looked up at the sky with a leaf in his hand. He tried to get down but it was no use, he was stuck to the tree. And so the Koala went to sleep again. As the days past by, more leaves began to grow on each tree.

Ever since that time, all the Koalas are found sleeping in Eucalyptus trees.