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Page 21
... asked . " Why don't you gather some seeds ; isn't he one of your cockatoo mates ? " ... One of the pigeons flaps its wings and flies up to a branch ; the rest of the flock stays on the ground but each bird lifts its head up no , they're ...
... asked . " Why don't you gather some seeds ; isn't he one of your cockatoo mates ? " ... One of the pigeons flaps its wings and flies up to a branch ; the rest of the flock stays on the ground but each bird lifts its head up no , they're ...
Page 88
... country in the floods during the Wet . When the boat was here last he asked me to come and see it , and that did not please Baba : " You stay up on Mount Wawalag , that is marngit's place . " Not long after , when he 888 Babaru.
... country in the floods during the Wet . When the boat was here last he asked me to come and see it , and that did not please Baba : " You stay up on Mount Wawalag , that is marngit's place . " Not long after , when he 888 Babaru.
Page 98
... asked for no coins , and felt too shy to take even a piece of damper wrapped in banana leaves Mother took to him : " It's the white man's curse , not ours , " he told her . The medicine man chanted for days and said that if his eyes did ...
... asked for no coins , and felt too shy to take even a piece of damper wrapped in banana leaves Mother took to him : " It's the white man's curse , not ours , " he told her . The medicine man chanted for days and said that if his eyes did ...
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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 mountain Murngin Nakara Namanama Nati never night Niyari Padre pandanus paperbark Perhaps Pitjanta pity Pupa Ranger rest river rocks Ruria sand seen Sergeant shelter skin sneak soul sound spear spirit boss spirit world stick stretch struggle tell Tiwa 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