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Stories B. Wongar. Cockatoo Man Good has come after all - my ancestors , the spirits , have changed me into a cockatoo . What a bird ! My feathers are full - grown , shiny- clean , and the pinions . . . . I'd better not stretch out my ...
Stories B. Wongar. Cockatoo Man Good has come after all - my ancestors , the spirits , have changed me into a cockatoo . What a bird ! My feathers are full - grown , shiny- clean , and the pinions . . . . I'd better not stretch out my ...
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... cockatoo ; the bird is our totem and it would be bad only if the spirits had changed me into an owl or a crow . A small flock of pigeons must have landed in the yard ; I can hear their cooing - yes , there's one of the birds on the ...
... cockatoo ; the bird is our totem and it would be bad only if the spirits had changed me into an owl or a crow . A small flock of pigeons must have landed in the yard ; I can hear their cooing - yes , there's one of the birds on the ...
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... cockatoo cry - pity there is no way to cross the murky water ; it will take me days to walk all the way down the gap and around the lake . The water of the lake has gone down a good way lately , leaving a strip of bare mud with the dry ...
... cockatoo cry - pity there is no way to cross the murky water ; it will take me days to walk all the way down the gap and around the lake . The water of the lake has gone down a good way lately , leaving a strip of bare mud with the dry ...
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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