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so frightened that he ran into the
grass and hid himself. He said
"I will always be shy and hide, when
I hear anyone coming I will always
run into logs and under rocks, and
the dogs will always find me hiding
I shall live on mushrooms, beetles,
caterpillars & plums."
After the Alligator had beaten the Lizard
he dived into the river and swam
to a Pandanus tree and jumped in
on it and said "This is the way.
I am going jump on anything that
comes to the river for drinking whether
they be men, women, wallabys, bandi-
coots, turtles, or anything, you too
Lizard: Ill be after you always. I will
always hit everything wih my tail &
carry them on the back of my neck &
take them to my camp, then when
they go bad I am going to eat them