Dinewan the emu, being the largest bird, was acknowledged as king by the other birds. Goomble-gubbon the turkey was jealous of Dinewan and would envy the high flight and swift running of Dinewan and this flaunting of his superiority never failed to iritate Goomble-gubbon. Goomble-gubbon decided he would put an end to Dinewan's supremacy. One day Goomble-gubbon saw Dinewan coming towards him so he squatted down and doubled up his wings in such a way as to look as if he had no wings. Goomble-gubbon then proceeded to convince Dinewan that the other birds would think that Goomble-gubbon was the cleverest bird when they see what he could do without his wings and would make Goomble-gubbon king. One day when Goomble-Gubbon saw in the distance Dinewan coming towards her she squatted down and doubled in her wings in such a way as to look as if she had none. She tricked the Emus into cutting off their wings. HA HA HA laughed the Turkey, jumping up and down with joy and said, "I have taken you in, old stumpy wings. I have my wings, yet you are so easily taken in, old stumpy wings"
Brooding over her wrongs, the Emu walked away, vowing she would be revenged. At length, the Emu thought of a plan, then she paraded past the Plain Turkey with her two young ones.
Goomble-Gubbon asked her why she only had two children and the Emu replied, "It is too hard to find food for twelve children, it is easy to feed only two." And straight away the plain turkey killed all but two of her children. "You cruel mother to kill your children, you greedy mother, why I have twelve children and I find food for all of them. I tricked you into doing that because you tricked me into cutting off my wings." And ever since that time, Emu has had no wings and the Plain Turkey has only laid two eggs in one season.