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Again and again
they blew.
"Foo!"
Truly, by now the sky was on top of the branch of the gum tree! The two
boys called out to him: "The sky, Ngarmarna- it's touching that high branch!"
All he could reply was:
"Nimba vapardla warnda." ( this probably means "nimba vapardla warndaku",
that is, " look how my head is up here," as he was so giddy from being
so high up.)
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"Ngarmarna!
Try to touch the sky!" They stood there watching him after they said these
words. As they made the gm tree grow, he climbed higher and higher. Vira
Vurlka reached out and touched the sky, and as soon as he did, the two boys
pulled the gum tree down until it was quite small. As for their old Ngarmarna,
he wandered around the sky really angry. The pair shouted to him: "Uncle!
You must climb up and shine! Then you must gradually die and become smaller.
After that you will become a new moon." |
