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1897
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bunyip in Australian fairy tales

st his breakfast. Dismounting from his steed the giant beckoned him forward, and thus addressed him: “You lazy imp! It would suit you very well to do nothing but eat my victuals and take a sleep afterwards, but you shall work. Listen! On the other side of yon mountain there is a wide lagoon fringed…

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1,897
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Record ID
2382
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
Australian fairy tales; Atha Westbury
Published
1897
Narrative type
Giant and Ogre Narratives
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bunyip
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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st his breakfast. Dismounting from his steed the giant beckoned him forward, and thus addressed him: “You lazy imp! It would suit you very well to do nothing but eat my victuals and take a sleep afterwards, but you shall work. Listen! On the other side of yon mountain there is a wide lagoon fringed with reeds and rushes. There lives the Australian wonder, a Bunyip. You must find him and ask of him three questions—the answers to which you must bring to me before sundown, otherwise your miserable life shall answer for it.” “Oh, that’s quite easy,” replied Cocky, with a dash of his city assurance. “I thought you were going to set me.

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