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... trunk . I'll try not to flap my wings ; the whites will be around for sure , and if they're in their hunting mood , they could bring me down from even the top branch . Yes , a lot of the bark has peeled off ; the tree will have quite a ...
... trunk . I'll try not to flap my wings ; the whites will be around for sure , and if they're in their hunting mood , they could bring me down from even the top branch . Yes , a lot of the bark has peeled off ; the tree will have quite a ...
Page 48
... trunks , and often the upper part of the tree had to be chopped off so that I could plunge my arm inside the trunk and reach the nest . The chicks always come in twos ; I don't know why that is the way of the balandja . The worn - out ...
... trunks , and often the upper part of the tree had to be chopped off so that I could plunge my arm inside the trunk and reach the nest . The chicks always come in twos ; I don't know why that is the way of the balandja . The worn - out ...
Page 60
... trunk - no storms or angry spirits could ever uproot it . . . . Yes , Boma brought some nasty stuff , " gelig- nite " he called it , and packed some of it under the hanging roots . The banyan flew into the air , scattering branches and ...
... trunk - no storms or angry spirits could ever uproot it . . . . Yes , Boma brought some nasty stuff , " gelig- nite " he called it , and packed some of it under the hanging roots . The banyan flew into the air , scattering branches and ...
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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