Saturday, July 2, 2011

"HOW THE SERPENT GOT TO THE STARS" - 13 May 1987, Age 9

Some of my favourite picture books in my primary school library were those based on Aboriginal dreamtime stories. In particular those by Dick Roughsey and Percy Trezise, namely The Giant Devil Dingo and The Rainbow Serpent...

So, I'm pretty sure the following story was heavily inspired by (or more accurately a direct rip-off of) The Rainbow Serpent. The last line clearly makes no sense...

How the Serpent got to the stars
   Once apon a time, these lived a Serpent Dragon that lived with an Aboriginal tribe. It played with the children. One day a little black boy had a ride on the serpent's back and fell to the ground and killed the little black boy.
The tribe was angry and killed the serpent and the dead baby floated to a group of stars. Now you can see the Serpent Dragon in the sky.

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