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What is this story about?
How animals communicate with each other
How the lakes and streams formed
How an animal got its name
How Australia became so dry
Why were the animals angry at the sand frog?
He liked to argue with them.
He was very noisy.
He refused to work with them.
He drank all of the water.
What did the dingo dog do to the frog?
He took a present to the frog.
He poked a hole in the frog's stomach.
He tricked the frog.
He ate the frog.
Why was the frog ashamed of himself?
Because he had been stubborn
Because he had been away
Because he had been greedy
Because he had been depressed
What does the frog do when he comes out at night?
He swims.
He apologizes to the other animals.
He gets a drink.
He sleeps.
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A lot of ancient story, and a lot of, what we call primitive story.
Though perhaps that is the wrong word.
Tries to explain about creation.
Creation perhaps of the universe or the creation of, us as, human beings.
And, in Australian aboriginal culture they have lovely wonderful stories about, how all the different animals were created.
Now this is a story about, how the sand frog got his name.
And the sand frog, from the name, is a frog that spends all its day time, buried in the sand, and only comes out at night to take a drink.
This is how it came by its name.
There was once quite an ordinary frog, who spoke just like every other frog. One day that frog became thirsty.
And he went to the pond.
And he started to drink.
And he drank, and he drank, and he drank.
And as he drank he got bigger, and bigger, and bigger.
And he drank until he had drained that pond dry.
And all the other animals, the kangaroos, and the emus, and the dingo dogs, they all said, 'hey frog, don’t be so greedy. We need water too.' But the frog just said [frog sound effect].
And went plopping on its way.
Until he came to a river where he drank, and he drank, and he drank.
And as he drank he became bigger and bigger, and bigger.
And all the little tadpoles, and all the dragonflies, and all the little river folk said, 'hey frog, don’t be so greedy.
We need water too.' But the frog just said [frog sound effect].
And went plopping on his way.
Until he came to a great big lake.
And he was still thirsty.
So he drank, and he drank, and he drank.
And he got bigger, and bigger, and bigger.
And all the fishes flopping around on the dry bed of the lake were saying, 'hey frog, don’t be so greedy. We need water too. ' And the frog just said [frog sound effect].
And went plopping on his way.
And you know he drank up every pond.
He drank up every river.
He drank up every lake in that land.
And got bigger, and bigger and bigger.
Until he just flopped down on top of a mountain, great big belly spreading all over it.
And there was no water left in the land.
And all the other animals, and the birds, and the fishes they gathered around... Saying, 'frog, give us back our water.
We are thirsty.
'And the frog just said [frog sound effect].
So what could the animals do.
Well here is what they did.
They sent the dingo dog, who has got sharp teeth to bite a hole in the frog’s big, swollen belly.
And that he did.
And out of that hole came pouring... all the water.
And it ran down the side of that mountain.
And it ran into the ponds.
And it ran into the rivers .
And it ran into the lakes.
Until all the water was back in the land.
And as the water flowed out of its belly that frog got, smaller, and smaller, and smaller.
Until he was just the size of a normal frog again.
And you know, he was so ashamed of himself, for having been so greedy.
That he couldn’t face all those other animals.
So he went to hide himself in the sand.
And that is where he lives to this day.
And only comes out at night time, to take a little drink from the pond.
[Frog sound effect].
And that is how the sand frog got his name.