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... hole high on the mountain , just behind the ridge , I found him , a skinny scrap sucking at the carcass of a bitch caught in a steel trap , and though that was long ago , animals are wiser and remember injustice better than do we humans ...
... hole high on the mountain , just behind the ridge , I found him , a skinny scrap sucking at the carcass of a bitch caught in a steel trap , and though that was long ago , animals are wiser and remember injustice better than do we humans ...
Page 41
... hole down at the gully , about a voice away from here , and he leads me there and back every day . Before , we had to sneak in only at dusk or dawn for a quick drink and to fill our billycan while the stockmen were not around and then ...
... hole down at the gully , about a voice away from here , and he leads me there and back every day . Before , we had to sneak in only at dusk or dawn for a quick drink and to fill our billycan while the stockmen were not around and then ...
Page 42
... hole ; it is not hard to dip in the billycan now . Before , with the cows around , the hole was half full at its best and I always had to struggle through thick mud to scoop it up and then plunge my hand into the billycan to feel how ...
... hole ; it is not hard to dip in the billycan now . Before , with the cows around , the hole was half full at its best and I always had to struggle through thick mud to scoop it up and then plunge my hand into the billycan to feel how ...
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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