A worm that said Gaia that was in trouble or even, perhaps, in danger.ĭoreen spread her blanket out, snuggled into her old sleeping-bag, and gazed up at the stars. Her daughter Gaia was up in town, in Adelaide, and although she was a good, sensible,young woman, Doreen felt a nagging worm burrowing into her thoughts that would not go away. Doreen would have been warmer near the fire, or at home in her bed, a few hundred metres away, but she felt the need to sleep out under the stars and forget her worries. Some old joke, some ancient tale of male foolishness or the comical vagaries of fate had them gasping for breath.ĭoreen Kartinyangarra had walked away from her raucous friends and family and settled down a little way apart, snuggled in the fold of a sand-dune, closer to the beach and the comforting sound of waves washing ashore. One fell backwards deliriously, overcome with glee.

The old girls laughed and cackled, joyously, uproariously, slapping their thighs and guffawing. Chapter Four: The Twin Bejewelled Snakes.Ĭhapter Nine: Blessings from the Rainbow Snake and the Great Whale.Ĭhapter Twelve: The Dreadful Dream Fulfilled.Ĭhapter Fourteen: Jimmy in his Dad's Country.Ĭhapter Seventeen: The Fiery Transformation.Ĭhapter Twenty: Gaia's Children Find Each Other.Ĭhapter Twenty-One: Secret Kids' Business.Ĭhapter Twenty-Two: The Empire Lurches Forth.Ĭhapter Twenty-Three: Jimmy Messes With the Reptiles' Minds.Ĭhapter Twenty-Four: The Media in Hot Pursuit.Ĭhapter Twenty-Seven: The Great World Dream.Ĭhapter Twenty-Nine: Big Brownie Transfigured and Re-born.Ĭhapter Thirty: The Great Adventure Begins.

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