Joey Leigh Wagtail

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Way of the Wagtail One day I was sitting on the veranda, strumming along with my old man, having a cup of tea and a smoke when a pigeon landed on the fence. Suddenly a flock of miner birds swarmed, attacking crows and lorikeets, even the mighty swooping menace to Australian society, the magpie! Out of nowhere and going nowhere in particular, here waltzes in a Wagtail. Whimsical and without a care, I was expecting a tiny black and white bloodbath. But nothing. From pillar to fence post, his blissful dance seemed like a blatant taunt to the miners but they all clambered atop their tree in deafening silence. Then I heard my dad speak. “He knows ‘the way’. A true warrior, peaceful and playful. He fearlessly and honestly expresses joy for life as an open challenge to anyone who dares to inflict misery upon him. His presence is considered a warning in our tribe, a message of death but also life. To find your bliss and follow it to whatever end.” I had met my spirit animal. Joey