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he has never known a camp without it; but I am too worn out to gather wood, and
anyway, what good would it serve when I feel too weak to struggle with the
firesticks and made the first spark. Now if Tiwa were only here — it would take
just a ...
he has never known a camp without it; but I am too worn out to gather wood, and
anyway, what good would it serve when I feel too weak to struggle with the
firesticks and made the first spark. Now if Tiwa were only here — it would take
just a ...
Page 52
Once Snow drove me far up the valley, past the billa- bong, and we wandered
into a camp tucked in the far end of the river forest. All the fires had been dead for
days. Only young children could be seen: some had already reached silence with
...
Once Snow drove me far up the valley, past the billa- bong, and we wandered
into a camp tucked in the far end of the river forest. All the fires had been dead for
days. Only young children could be seen: some had already reached silence with
...
Page 61
After he set camp Boma brought warngi, a flying monster with a gray belly and
flapping pinions. It flew, just as spirits or birds do, but at night it always came
down to a clearing behind the banyan stumps and shared the camp with the rest
of us.
After he set camp Boma brought warngi, a flying monster with a gray belly and
flapping pinions. It flew, just as spirits or birds do, but at night it always came
down to a clearing behind the banyan stumps and shared the camp with the rest
of us.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Babaru: Stories Illinois short fiction |
| Author | B. Wongar |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0252009959, 9780252009952 |
| Length | 102 pages |
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