First we had to explain the difference between a Myth and Legend and then read one and write it up. I chose How The Kangaroo Got Its Tail.
How The Kangaroo Got It’s Tail
The story comes from a culture.
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It has non-human characters like gods.
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It can have some real characters like plants, humans and other animals.
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It is set in a certain place.
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It explains a certain phenomenon or says why things are the way they are.
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The main parts of the story are:
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Aboriginal,
Australia
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Mirram the Kangaroo and Warreen the Wombat
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Animals
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Outback
Australia
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Kangaroo got it’s tail and the wombat has a flat head
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One night a wombat and a kangaroo were sleeping, the kangaroo was sleeping outside and the wombat
Slept inside his bark hut, and that night the kangaroo said to the wombat come and sleep outside with me under the stars the wombat said no it’s too cold out there and sometimes it rains and the kangaroo kept going on and on about how Warren was too scared and then one night the wombat decided to sleep outside for a change and then he was too cold so waddled into his hut, then in winter one night Mirram was too cold to sleep outside so went into Warreens hut and banged on the door its me Mirram let me in Warren said you usually sleep outside so go do that. Mirram was angry and banged on the door till it opened and then that morning Mirram dropped a rock on the wombats head and said that’s for not helping me in the night! And now you sleep under the ground and you will always have a flat head! The wombat planned revenge the wombat made a spear and threw it at the kangaroos spine and said that will be your tail for now on.
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