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Australia
LungkataDirty cheating Lizard Man of Ayer's Rock. He had a blue tongue and a sneaky stealing temperament. Together with fellow lizard creature Mita, he used to lie in wait for hunters and steal their prey, being too much of a lazy lizard to go hunting himself. One day, the Bell-Bird Brothers were chasing an emu (which was something of a national sport at the time) and the two blue-tongued lizards diverted it into their lair. When the hunters turned up, out of breath and starving, Kungkata and Mita had scoffed the lot and could only offer emu left-overs. The Bell-Bird Brothers were outraged at this thievery and set fire to the lair. The lizards, not being used to exercise, were unable to escape and turned into burnt boulders which stand there to this day. Text & Drawing: Andrew N., Percy Julian
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