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... Yirli , my wife , she saw a man swaying on the end of a rope ; it was dark and she couldn't see the face but it was one of us , who else could it have been ? One of the pigeons has found some food and struggles to pick it out from a ...
... Yirli , my wife , she saw a man swaying on the end of a rope ; it was dark and she couldn't see the face but it was one of us , who else could it have been ? One of the pigeons has found some food and struggles to pick it out from a ...
Page 24
... Yirli has not made a fire . Perhaps she doesn't want to give away the place where she camps . You just dig a pit in the sand big enough to crawl in and hide ; if you only come out at night to sniff around for food and your skin is black ...
... Yirli has not made a fire . Perhaps she doesn't want to give away the place where she camps . You just dig a pit in the sand big enough to crawl in and hide ; if you only come out at night to sniff around for food and your skin is black ...
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... Yirli is not angry with me . Though we never talked about her brother Mirna or any of our fellows , even if she felt angry the hard thoughts might have gone by now . As soon as I find her we'll head for the bush , a lingo or two away ...
... Yirli is not angry with me . Though we never talked about her brother Mirna or any of our fellows , even if she felt angry the hard thoughts might have gone by now . As soon as I find her we'll head for the bush , a lingo or two away ...
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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 Murngin Nakara Namanama Nati never night Padre pandanus paperbark Perhaps Pitjanta pity Pupa Purelko Ranger rest river rocks Ruria sand seen Sergeant shelter skin sneak soul sound spear spirit boss spirit world stick stretch struggle tell Tiwa told 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