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mother and her young son were travelling from one waterhole to the next,
when the mother became so sick she could no longer gather any food. The
boy, who was kind-hearted and very fond of his mother, made a new camp for
her, much cosier and more weatherproof than the first. He helped her into
the new camp and lit a fire at the front to keep her warm. Then he quickly
cooked some lizards which the two of them had already gathered. |
Making
his mother as comfortable as he could, the little fellow went out to gather
more food. He was very lucky and caught snakes, lizards and gekkos- more
than enough for both his mother and himself, which he carried as he started
to go back towards the camp. To the boy's horror, when he reached the top
of the hill close to his mother's camp, he saw that the camp was on fire.
Dropping all the meat he caught, he ran as fast as he could, hoping to save
his mother. But it was no good. Before he got there, his mother was dead.
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