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p1	A dede apirri, Louise: Back in the past

p2	yerrawatyik mem pi ka putyputy wirrme yerrawakentyila, when Aboriginal people were in charge, there was a Council vehicle,

p3	yerrmudiga ngunu? you know like a truck?

p4	Ngani So for things like,

p5	yerrngani engelin ngini, going on fishing trips,

p6	mudiga that truck,

p7	ngaddiwirr kay. we could ask to borrow it.

p8	Kide Pdf we had some reason,

p9	lerrim wirrmengirr, they'd let us borrow it,

p10	yerrengelin ngini, for such things like fishing trips

p11

or or

p12	dede you know, for country trips, you know,

p13	camping ngini going camping,

p14	wanningirr fime mudiga. they'd lend us the truck.

p15	Well nyinda mudiga nyinnin, Well that truck,

p16	ngannimbirr kay, we asked for it,

p17

ngayi me

p18	e yedi ngayi and my husband (Merrenytya),

p19	membirr wukume ngerrmegu batybaty tye and we took our first child

p20	Ngerembe wurweti ninggi, Ngerembe who was a little girl,

p21	ulgumen (Minyinit) ngenike nyinyi. and that old woman who is your sister (Minyinit).

p22	Yi wa ulmen (Jim Parry) nemta tyurayfa yedi tye. And also her husband (Jim Parry) who was the driver.

p23	Wirrike nyinnin, ngadde nime tye, Masyiwan, And we went with those two and Masyiwan

p24	Mulurru, Wheelchair ka. and Mulurru - you know 'Wheelchair'.

p25	Ngannigerri tye dede nyinda We headed off for that place

p26	Reynolds wunu. Reynolds there.

p27	Gagu engelin ngini ngaddi tye, We went there for fishing,

p28	ngannigerri tye dede nyin ngerrmenggem. We traveled along till we arrived there,

p29	Mumba peyi deti track, nganna minmiket. We turned off onto that other track.

p30	Puy ngannigerri tye And kept going along,

p31	dede nyinnin ngerrmenggem, til we arrived at that place,

p32	bottom Reynolds. at the downstream end of Reynolds.

p33	Ep yerrmenyirr yubu napa, It was all good and sandy,

p34	nyinda nganniny tyerr. so we stopped there.

p35	Ngaddi kakarrbu tye Everyone was getting off,

p36	gagu engelin adetyerr getting fishing gear and bait,

p37	ngagarri kak wurru ngadde tye. and off we went.

p38	Ngayi nemta I was there,

p39	Merrenytya. and so was Merrenytya,

p40	Wurwedi yedi di leli but our little girl was wandering about crying,

p41	Ngerembe, Ngerembe

p42	nem weti wuni pirri kana dini gatit and he'd already gone off

p43	engelin. fishing.

p44	Well ngayi kana wurweti nyinda ninggi So I took her

p45	di wurru yedi di leli tye, and because she was whingeing,,

p46	ngani tyerr tye tyi tyety meng ge. I breastfed her to shut her up.

p47	Menyirr peyi deti ngan nganna mityuk, gagu engelin ngini, We settled ourselves on the sand there, for fishing,

p48	musyulng ngupunnge bat wurweti. and I rolled out a swag for the little girl,

p49	E ngudupun tu, and I put her to sleep,

p50	e well ngim yubu deti yenin tu kana wurru, and I though to myself, 'Good she's sleeping now’,

p51	ngani kana engelin ngiwi gatit ngini ngim ngayi. ’Now I can go and fish' - that's what I thought to myself.

p52	E engelin ngiminggin wa, So I picked up my fishing line,

p53	yerrwasyari nyin pefi ngunu, and there's a paperback tree ...

p54	wasyari yerr .. a paperback tree ....

p55	kide like,

p56	danging gen'gepal kuri nide. it's fallen half into the water,

p57	Yerrtyamennapa deti danging gen'gepal. just lying half in like that,

p58	Yerryani nimbi ngani kinyi if you were to go there about now

p59	yerr yewirr nyin yinyirri deti wasyari. you'd see it there.

p60	Well nem ngani wuni gimin, yewirr kinyi girrbem, nem nyinda dini tye, So he (Merrenytya) was over there, about as far as where that tree is,

p61	ngayi ngani kinda. and I was like about here.

p62	Gagu adetyerr kana ngeme yubuyubu tye, Well I was preparing the bait, and ,

p63	'Ya' nginne, 'Hey', I asked him

p64	Merrenytya, Merrenytya,

p65	'Gagu adetyerr pagu'. 'give me some bait'.

p66	Gagu nyin wupungngindi ket, danganngindi kuli. And so he's cut me some and thrown it to me.

p67	'Kide? Kawa yemenerr wa mengngindi. 'Oops where is it?'. 'Come this way and pick it up' he said to me

p68	Ka yaga nganang kuli mem. 'I just threw it there'.

p69	Ngannigerri tye ngayim wurwetimuy, ngirrngirr kana winge tye. So I went over, the baby was still asleep,

p70	Ngannigerri tye I went over,

p71	kinyi ngani palat kinyi gibem yinyinggin?, about as far as that small clear patch you can see

p72	nyinda. just there.

p73	Well wurr wurrgalangu peyi deti. Well there was long grass too,

p74	Ngaganing karrbu gagu nyin kana ngini. and I went down looking for that bait,

p75	Kide gagu nyin edetyerr dagang kuli ngu fifili ngini ngebe derridu ngini ngim. that bait he'd thrown, I figured I'd go and see if I could find it.

p76	Ngenigi leli tye ngaganim tyerr, So I went down, and I stopped.

p77	well yerrdapurr kana nginyinggin, well, I could see the back end of something,

p78	gagu pandutyi! (that turned out to be) an Olive python!

p79	Dapurr kana nginyinggin, I could just see the back end of it,

p80	ngani tipek tye, 'Ya', nginne, and I followed up the length of it, 'Hey!' I said to him

p81	'Ep gagu eferri merriny ne gibem kinyi' ngim. 'It looks like there's a blue-tongue here'.

p82	Ngani tipek kana tye pagu ngagadi dapurr nimbi ... e ngan So I followed up the length from the end, right up so I'm standing at

p83	depi, the head!,

p84	wunnapa ngan ngaganim pityerr, ngirringe tye. I'd come to a halt right there at the head!

p85	Depi nyinta pirri tye winge. It was right there!

p86	Soon as I bin say 'Aningan gibem ka!', As soon as I said 'There's some animal here!',

p87	ngim anyin tyenga kinyi, eferri, what's that animal … a bluetongue,

p88	soon as I bin say that, wakay! well as soon as I said that - whoosh!

p89	syari kana ngudem wulyerri. I just bolted!

p90	Nganigi yeleli tye wurweti ngiminggin bawa, mumba tyamennapa ngittibenggu madipap. I just raced over, scooped up my child, and 'hit the road', climbing up the bank.

p91	'Ye tyagannimbi ya?' mengngindi nem Merrenytya. 'Hey what's wrong?' Merrenytya asked me.

p92	'Aya gagu nyinda gibem! 'There's a whatsit there!' .

p93	Pandutyi' nginne. 'An Olive python!' I told him.

p94	'Kide?'. 'Where?'.

p95	Well when I bin say 'Pandutyi’, nyinda wudem madiwul, Well just as I said 'Olive python' it turned itself around,

p96	meyi madi tye wuni pefi kana ngannem. and headed off straight towards him.!

p97	Yaga yirrini werrsyi tye tyi wingene fuyfuy tye detyerr, Bridgit: It had the scent of that breast milk, it could smell it on her breath,

p98	wani tye, wani gen'gedu tye, wani gugubaty nyine tye. and it wanted to snuggle up against her middle, and wrap around her.

p99	Tyamirri wim tye It would have just lain against her

p100	wityerr fuy tye nyine tyi yaga. and sniffed the breast milk,

p101	Wudi fityi nyine tye gagu yaga pandutyi. it would have wrapped around her, that Olive python.

p102	Ngudem wulyerri Louise: I turned around

p103	muy wurrir kana andi wurweti ngiminggin bawa. and was so afraid, aunty, and I just picked up the little girl,

p104	'Syari tyamennapa ngittibenggu madipap, and I 'hit the road', climbing up the bank,

p105	Aya gagu nyinda gibem, 'Hey there's something here,

p106	tyenga nawa efenggu?. I don't know what kind of snake?'.

p107	Ngirrbem madipap wakay ngagadimbi syisyi kana ngayi. So I'd climbed up the bank, and I was just trembling then.

p108	A wawulmen kana, gan werri wirribeng karrbu pagu. So the oldman (Jim Parry) came down with a gun,

p109	Danginne du, bengin da, epe gagu kirri wupun fityi napa pandutyi. and he (Merrenytya) pointed it out to him, and he (Jim) shot it, but it was rather a skinny one, that olive python.

p110	I never stopped … minde tye, kide, I never stopped … it’s not … what,

p111	aba, wari ngime tye kana. I was worried about, sister, is

p112	Ngime tye, ityi wimingge nawa tye wurweti ngim, what it might have done to my little girl,

p113	wari ngime tye, I was worried,

p114	well, minde fekiderri gagu nyin bengin da ulmen. but he quickly shot it,

p115	Aya pandutyi wurru kinyi ’Oh there's an olive python here' I said.

p116	Minbe tye wubu gatit. Bridgit: But it didn't bite her.

p117	Tyi napandi yaga wingene fuyfuy tyerr yani tyerr tye yini It was just attracted to her breath from you feeding her,

p118	wani gugubaty tye, tyamirri wim nganpi tye yaga. and would have wrapped around her and slept close to her head.

p119	Daddy, Daddy ...

p120	Paliny ngatha narrgu, ngani menyne yaga the guy you two call Daddy (Tyululuk's brother Tyabada) - same thing once happened to him.

p121	afutyu ninggi ala ngayi, dam tyerr, weyim pup. My mum, your granny, fed him and then put him down,

p122	wunu Tipperary ka. this was at Tipperary station.

p123	Well angga nyine So your grandpa

p124	darany fipal ngune fili gumu meny. he went back thinking 'I'll just check on him',

p125	Wetimbi nem pandutyi and that python

p126	dini tye dederri tyamirri. was lying comfortably on top of the baby's back,

p127	Yening gugubaty nyine derri, wrapped around his back.

p128	anggu bin look, ep gagu beng gatit meny. And grandpa thought 'Maybe it's bitten him'.

p129	Angga yirrini tye yawurr, fenggu nyine bem ket ne, So he went and got a stick, a long one

p130	uk werri ka yaga, with a hooked end,

p131	wunu watit gagu nyinnin pandutyi, ep slipperyone wurru, and he went to hook it, but it was too slippery

p132	ityi ngumu nawa mem angga. 'What'll I do?' he thought,

p133	Think meny nyine, ngana felfil pe ngumu purrwa pe akimi. Then he thought,'Maybe I can run up and grab its tail!'

p134	Nyin meny story werrenyngiti yilil ngayi ka, That's what they've told me...

p135	mi e getap tu (me hair getup too). it made my hair stand up too!

p136	Yu depi nyinnin ngeme baty deti. Louise: I was still thinking about it,

p137	Well, Well

p138	ityi ngimi nawa ngim. I didn't know what to do,

p139	Im still worry about when I bin come home. Ngudem wulyerri, I was still fretting about it coming home. I turned round,

p140	straightaway pakemap ngirrme tye stuff, packed my stuff up,

p141	Ngudem wulyerri all confused,

p142	I bin still waribat wurweti ngini wurru. I was so worried about that little girl.

p143	Yarranygu fipal nime, wunu pagu nimbi egerrtyintyi. Bridgit: Yeah, you both came back from the fishing trip then

p144	Makali ngunu, Louise: So that granny,

p145	makali mama Yawal, old granny Yawal

p146	kala ngayim, her mum ...

p147	Patricia � Waya? Patricia: Waya?

p148	yu makali nyinnin. Louise: Yes, that granny,

p149	Ngemenggenge gimin ngim, I thought when I visited her,

p150	ngu tyeriyilil ngini, I'd ask about it,

p151	ngagadi tye ngaganim miwap, you know I'd sit with her

p152	makali ngimnge, and ask her

p153	gagu panduttyi wurru wurweti about the Olive python and the girl,

p154	wemenggenge tye. the way it came to her.

p155	Aya mengngindi, And she agreed

p156	wanitye that it was probably just wanting to

p157	wani gugubaty tye, wrap around her,

p158	wani gugubaty tye, wanting to wrap around

p159	desyi, her nose and

p160	detyerr, her mouth

p161	ngan ngayim we pup tye, to get itself right up close to her.

p162	tyi yaga ... Bridgit: for the breast milk ...

p163	Tyi ngini ngunu, Louise: Yes, for the milk.

p164	ne. That's right.

p165	Yerrngayi napadeti wurru Ai bin wari ngime tye. As for me, I was still worried,

p166	Nyinyi ne ngarinyi tyerrpu, I asked you about it,

p167	wakay dengini yubu kana ngaganim, and then I felt OK about it all,

p168	Ngan'gi nyinnimbi and from the answer

p169	ngunu makali mengngindi. that my granny gave me.

p170	Yerrngayi kide think ngime tye yeyi deti ep wubu gatit tye or wani guduk, I'd been imagining other things, like maybe it wanted to bite her or swallow her,

p171	yerr yaga gimin gagu ngindinyingginbirr gagu yenimbirr lalirr (that movie where it ate them all), like that movie (Anaconda) where the snake eats them all,

p172	dinyerren dada yima it was singing itself alive.

p173	Angga gumu Minytyangari yedi tye, Bridgit: Grandpa Minytyangari

p174	yenin wurr he once crawled inside (a cave)

p175	anganifinyi ne, for an echidna,

p176	nem peyambirri dini tye, but there was a python in there too,and he tried to hook it out,

p177	wunu watit dini,

p178	bem baty wunu pagu, yening gugubaty nyine angga. but if fell on him, and wrapped around him,

p179	Ah tighten'im meny and it constricted him

p180	dengini nem, round his body

p181	ngaty weak one napa nem angga, him never, and it eventually made him weak, that grandpa, but it never

p182	minde tye wubu gatit, it didn't actually bite him,

p183	demin minyirr napandi, it made him semiconscious,

p184	ngani wumunin nem yaga pandutyi. so I guess that's what it'd do to us.

p185	Nyinda ngan'gi nimbi napa makali mengngindi wakay dengini ngayi yubu kana. Louise: Anyway, once my grandma had explained all this to me,

p186	Minde tye wari ngimi tye kana well then I didn't keep worrying about it.

p187	Andi mengngiti wurwedimuy wurru Bridgit: Aunty told me all about that little girl,

p188	wemenggengnge tye panduttyi ninggi menyngiti yaga pagu yarranygu fipal about the olive python coming to her, when you got back.

p189	e gagu nyin pandutyi ngukume ngayim ta wurweti Louise: And that's the totem for that little girl.

p190

Yu. yeah

p191	Wakay! that's it

p192	Tyamirri! finished.