[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Since Spiced Rum already posted a link to the book itself, I'd say you're a day late and a dollar short.

Also "Eats roots, shoots and leaves" is good grammar, whereas the original "Eats, shoots and leaves" is not, hence the point of the joke.

Adding "roots" to the punch line only works if you add an extra comma: "Eats, roots, shoots and leaves".

So, your version fails on all points.

It's actually a wombat and it eats, roots and leaves.