Video transcript

Anne E Stewart (storyteller): Did you know I have a niece that was born in the Northern Territory of Australia? And when the Aboriginal people saw her big beautiful blue eyes they thought she looked like a little baby owl so they called her Mook Mook because that is a Jawun word for owl.

So what you have to do is put your hand up and pretend this is Mook Mook the owl, and Mook Mook is going to sit in the branch of a tree. And sometimes, kids, like the leaves blowing in the wind, if you want to do that, you can do it.

So I’ll do it first and then you have to join in. Are you ready?

Mook Mook sat in the branch of a tree, as quiet as quiet can be. It was night and her eyes were open like this, and she looked all around. Not a thing did she miss.

Two mice started creeping up the trunk of the tree and they stopped just below the branch to see what they could see. The solemn old owl went ‘too-wit, too-woo’. Up jumped the mice and down they flew.

OK everybody your turn to join in, get yourselves ready, has everyone got Mook Mook up and we’ll count to 3: 1, 2, 3.

Mook Mook sat in the branch of a tree, as quiet as quiet can be. It was night and her eyes were open like this, and she looked all around. Not a thing did she miss.

Two mice started creeping up the trunk of the tree and they stopped just below the branch to see what they could see. The solemn old owl went ‘too-wit, too-woo’. Up jumped the mice and down they flew.

Ah, excellent work!