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Ngarmarna had two
nephews. They were sick of him telling them they couldn't eat the meat
they caught. One day when they were walking with him among a gum creek,
the two boys said: "Ngarmarna! There are a lot of big witchetties in this
tree here. Get some out for us.'
'Okay, okay, Yakarla-apa,' he said. 'I'll get them.' Ngarmarna made
some steps in the tree so that he could climb up from the ground.
Then the climbed along the branch of the gum tree, pulling
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out
witchetties as he went. Then the two boys were down below, eating the grubs
as he threw them down. Every time they sucked one, they drew air, then they
blew it out of their mouth. This made the gum tree grow higher.
"Foo!" Ngarmarna was working his way up the gum tree gradually. "Foo!-foo!"
"What are you two fellows up to?"
"Nothing, nothing. We are just drinking the juice of the witchetties."
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