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... spear them ; Wawa told me the beasts are marain , totem , to the white man , and never to be touched . I don't think I'll need any food now - a mound of dust doesn't eat - but with a bit of luck I could harden into a rock and live ...
... spear them ; Wawa told me the beasts are marain , totem , to the white man , and never to be touched . I don't think I'll need any food now - a mound of dust doesn't eat - but with a bit of luck I could harden into a rock and live ...
Page 64
... spear grass when he rushed through the bush searching for rocks . It's certainly a hot day ; I will pant my life away . Good thing that we stopped to rest in the shade ; breathing this air is like leaning over a boiling billy . There is ...
... spear grass when he rushed through the bush searching for rocks . It's certainly a hot day ; I will pant my life away . Good thing that we stopped to rest in the shade ; breathing this air is like leaning over a boiling billy . There is ...
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... spear , less than a handspan long , that I have made to tell the spirits that the child I want should be a boy . Last time I made a tiny badi , no bigger than a pandanus nut , and , just as I had expected , the girl Eanibugei was born ...
... spear , less than a handspan long , that I have made to tell the spirits that the child I want should be a boy . Last time I made a tiny badi , no bigger than a pandanus nut , and , just as I had expected , the girl Eanibugei was born ...
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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