Aunty Maggie
and the Womba Wakgun
Aunty Maggie struggles to feed her three boys. One day, short of cash, she swaps a box of tobacco for a rooster and some chooks.
Hardly settled in the pressure is on for the chooks to lay eggs. “We want eggs,” chant the boys and each day Aunty Maggie searches the nests for results of the rooster’s work—but no luck.
“You’re supposed to be the man, you Womba Wakgun,” aunty yells to the rooster, dreaming of roasting him for a good feed. “He’s driving me Womba!”
The next day, while doing her usual check, she finds the rooster lifeless. A sabotage act by the neighbour? Panic sets in, but Aunty Maggie knows what to do: She performs CPR and miraculously revives the bird.
Hence forth the rooster is pampered by the textbook and kept in the house, not in the shed until, one day, one of the sons comes running back with eggs.
Written and directed by: Leah Purcell, Produced by: Bain Stewart