Drimtaim Stori. Queenie Brennan imin raidim dijan stori. Eddie Oenpelli imin droim pitja en imin kalarim.

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1 Drimtaim Stori

2 Drimtaim Stori Queenie Brennan imin raidim dijan stori. Eddie Oenpelli imin droim pitja en imin kalarim. Barunga Press NT Education Department, 1998 PMB 117, Katherine, NT 0852 ISBN

3 Longtaim langa drim taim, w anbala olgam en imin abum loda biginini bat nomo brabili biginini, dum aji dei bin ola dinggo. Bat dis olgam en laikim olabat brabiliwei en imin lukabdum olabat gudbalaw ei.

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5 Wantaim imin draisisin bla olabat. Im nomo bin rein, wal ebrijing bin drai dumaji no bin woda. Ola biginini bin kraikrai bla daga en woda. Dis olgamen sabi la wanbala kantri weya imin abum loda daga en big riba, bat imin longwei bla wokwok.

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7 Wal dis olgamen imin meigim bigwan sheid gadem ola gras bla ola biginini. En imin talem olabat bla sidan en weit bla im. Imin talem olabat, Mi go mijalp en ai gidim loda daga en woda bla yubala en ai kambek tumoro.

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9 Wal dis olgamen imin stad na. Imin go en imin silip apwei. Neksdei imin kamad la jad kantri. Im nomo bin weit longtaim, imin jis gidim ola daga en yem en imin budum woda la kuliman. En imin wokbek na la kemp. Imin silip apwei en neksdei imin kamad la olabat kemp.

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11 Wal imin kamad la kemp. Imin singad olabat. Imin lukluk ebriwei bla olabat. Bat nobodi bin hom. Ola biginini bin dai en deibin meigim mijalp bigwan ston. Wal dis olgamen imin krai til imin meigim mijalp laigi bed.

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13 English Translation: A Dreamtime Story Long ago in the dreamtime there was an old women who had lots of babies. But they weren't really babies; they were dingos. But the old lady liked them all very much and she looked after them everyday One day when it was dry season there, it didn't rain. Everything was dry, because they had no water. All the children were crying for food and water. The old women knew a place where there was a lot of food and a big river. But it was long way for them to walk. The old women made a big shade with grass for all the kids. And she told them to sit and wait for her. I'm going by myself to get some food and water for you. And I ll be coming back tomorrow. The old women was ready now. She set out and she slept when she had got halfway. The next day she arrived at that place. She didn't stay for a long time. She just got all the food and yams and she put water in a basket. And she walked back home. She slept halfway and the next day she arrived home. When she arrived home, she called out to everybody and looked everywhere for them. But no one was home. All the children had died and turned into stones. The old women cried until she turned into a bird.

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