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Page 27
... Purelko - and they are still asleep in the sandpit behind the fire , curled together like a couple of puppies . Mother called the pit murlg , the shelter , though it is nothing but a sheet of corrugated iron stuck sideways into the ...
... Purelko - and they are still asleep in the sandpit behind the fire , curled together like a couple of puppies . Mother called the pit murlg , the shelter , though it is nothing but a sheet of corrugated iron stuck sideways into the ...
Page 30
... Purelko is up and crawls around the fire . The boy tries to tell us something but can't make the words ; he just mumbles a sound or two . Maybe he is asking for tucker - his face is stained with charcoal and a layer of sand is stuck to ...
... Purelko is up and crawls around the fire . The boy tries to tell us something but can't make the words ; he just mumbles a sound or two . Maybe he is asking for tucker - his face is stained with charcoal and a layer of sand is stuck to ...
Page 38
... Purelko will be angry with me for leaving them so long . They could already be calling for me , but children have weak voices and . . . they grow feebler when you are worn out with hunger . It would need to be like the roar of a ...
... Purelko will be angry with me for leaving them so long . They could already be calling for me , but children have weak voices and . . . they grow feebler when you are worn out with hunger . It would need to be like the roar of a ...
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angry Anguban animals Baba babaru balandja barley sugar beast belly better billabong billycan bilma birds Boma boulder branches Bungawa bush bush tucker camp chant cliff cloud cockatoo crawl crocodile dark didjeridu dilly bag dingo Djangau dragged dreams dust Duwei eyes fellows fire flaps flock Galpu gather Gidja goanna gone ground hand hill hurry inside Jambawal keep leaves look mangrove marain Marngit Midinari Mother Murngin Nakara Namanama Nati never night Padre pandanus paperbark Perhaps Pitjanta pity Pupa Purelko Ranger rest river rocks Ruria sand seen Sergeant shelter skin sneak soul sound spear spirit boss spirit world stick stretch struggle tell Tiwa told track trap tree tribal country tribal elders trunk tucker valley voice walk wallaby Warand Warngi water hole Wati Wawa white man's whole wonder Wongar Yirli yudu