 Fortunately, "wise Emu" has an idea—a sleepy Wombat would be well suited to the part of baby Jesus.Wombat accepts the part and ends up stealing the show as he falls asleep during the performance, just as a real baby might.In addition to Wombat, the story features a host of native Australian animals as characters including kangaroos, koalas, numbats, emus, bilbies and platypuses.