Folk Tales of the World
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Retells the Aboriginal tale about what happened when the giant frog Tiddalik had such a great thirst that he drank a lake, a river, and all the other water he could find until there wasn't a drop of water left anywhere.
At the beginning of the world it is daylight all the time, because the Great Snake keeps night a prisoner, until the curiosity of three men sets night free.
Four animals challenge a traveller to a tale-telling contest, which Princess Learned-in-the-Law must adjudicate.