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'Myila na karrawarra, kaarnimpa nyawa. Ngulu pani ngawa-ngka ngulu-rla lirritkarra manani yawu-ma. Paraj ngulu punya nyantu na ngarlaka-ma jik. Kata-nga nyampa-rla-ju, ngarin jartkarraaji, water-snake. Kata-nga nyantu-waju. Might be yapakayi lawirtawirta ngulu pani. Nanta-nginyi. Kampij-nginyi ngulu pani yapakayi.
'The story starts on the eastern side. (Karrminyjarni is the name of the place.) They were hitting the water and dragging bushes through it to catch fish. Then they saw a head pop up out of the water. Maybe it was something they could eat — a water snake. They thought it was something like that anyway. But they had actually killed a baby rainbow serpent that had just hatched. '(Introduction)
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