Notebook about Groote Eylandt kept by Elizabeth A. Taylor, 1937-1939 - Page 12

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                                             Moon. (Im-mo-ru)

Once upon a time a father & mother

with their children went out  camping.

The father went out hunting, but the

woman stayed behind with the

children.She was pounding roots

between stones (Mu-ru-wu-ju = root)

The MOON came down and stole the

woman & children, roots and fire. The

woman called to the man, but the  moan

moon went too fast. Sometimes in the  

night the people on earth used to hear

the woman calling to them from the

moon - The two dark things in the  

moon are the woman & the children

& her fire makes the light.

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