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The Crow and the Sandpiper single work   prose   children's   Indigenous story   dreaming story  
Note: A story from Delissaville told to Bobby Lane by his mother, Kitty.(p. [13])
Issue Details: First known date: 1968... 1968 The Crow and the Sandpiper
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Crow often went out on a raft to get food for his family, bringing home plenty of bush food - goanna, water-snake, duck, lily roots. Although Crow continually offers to loan the raft to Sandpiper, he hides it in the razor-grass every day. Sandpiper gets annoyed and decides to punish Crow for his deceit, setting fire to Crow's house. Crow was 'burned to black' and remains black today. Sandpiper's legs are 'striped with red' because he was injured by the razor-grass.

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    y separately published work icon Aboriginal Children's Stories W. D. Nicol (editor), E. C. Nicol (editor), Darwin : Northern Territory Administration , 1968 Z1423886 1968 anthology prose children's Indigenous story dreaming story A collection of stories retold by the Aboriginal teaching assistants of Kormilda College, Darwin, with acknowledgement to original story-tellers and collectors of Indigenous stories. Darwin : Northern Territory Administration , 1968 pg. 9-13
Alternative title: Wakiwakini Amintiya Kukukulu : A Story from Delissaville Told to Bobby Lane by His Mother Kitty
Language: Aboriginal Tiwi AIATSIS ref. (N20) (NT SC52-16) , English
Notes:
A dual-language version of the original text.
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