Guwaabal 12 Wuulaa, Gilaa / Frilled Lizard and Galah

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		Wuulaa, Gilaaa
		Wuulaagu guwaay nhalay gilaa: "Ay, baayamba, baayamba, gababala ngay barran; ngay nhamanha barran; barranbala ngay gaba, nginubala gagil.
		Gilaagubala guwaay, "Garriya, garriya, gababala ngay barran."
		[Wuulaa:] "Ngaan, Gababala ngay barran."
		[Gilaa:] "Wanangabadhaay baayamba, wananga!"
		[Wuulaa:] "Waal, nginda waanda, nginda waanda wananga."
		[Gilaa:] "Ngaayaybaay." Giirr wananhinga Gilaagu. Ngaarrigulay, yalagidhaay nhama dhurray, yalagidhaay nhama dhurray, barran, ngaamanga bundaanhi, guwiinbaaga dhinaga.
		Gilaagu guwaay: "Ngaa, Wuulaa, nginda gayadhanga wananga."
		Wuulaagu guwaay: "Warraya baayamba, banagaya baayamba, barrandu nginunha bumalinga."
		Waal. Waal warranhi, waal banaganhi.
		Giirr Wuulaagu barran wananhi. Ngaarrigulay nhama barran, ngaarrigulay, yalagidhaay nhama, yalagidhaay. Yalagidhaay ngaama dhurralaanhi.
		[Wuulaa:] "Warraya, banagaya barraay." Ngaarrima dhaay nhama, dhurraluwinyi barran. Bumay nhama gilaa dhaygali. Nhalaybala ngaama gilaa yugilanhi, bambanha yugilanhi ngaama gilaa,
		[Gilaa:] "Yagaay, yagaay." Yilaa ngaamanga guwaybil.
		[Wuulaa:] "Giirr nginunha bumanhi nhama, nginunha guway dhurraabamaldaay." "Ngaa, ngayabala giyaanha banagay dhuwinbaygu." Waama wuulaabala ngaama banaganhi, dhuwinbanhi nhamanga wuulaa, bindiyaaga. Ngiyarrmanha dhuwinbaylanhi.
		Giirr Gilaagu Wuulaa gayarragilanhi, gayarragilanhi. [Gilaa:] "Minyaayawaa nhama Wuulaa, minyaaya nhama Wuulaa?" "Giirr ngaya giyaanha nginunha biyuurrali bindiyaaga. Bamba ngaya nginunha biyuurralday." Giirr dhugay guway dhurralaanhi, dhaygali, biidja.
		Wuulaabala dhanduwiylanhi, dhuwinbaylanhi, dhuwinbaylanhi. Giirr ngarray Wuulaa nhama Gilaagu. Yilaanga bayamay nhama, biyuurray. Wuulaa biyuurray bindiyaaga Gilaagu, biyuurray, biyuurraldanhi, biyuurraldanhi.
		Ngiyarrmanga bindiyaa dhuwinyi, bawaga, nhanda, wuyuga ngayagay.
		Yalagiirrma nhama yanaaylanha bindiyaabiyaay, ngaarrma Wuulaa, nhama biyuurraldaay bindiyaaga, Gilaagu. Nhalaybalanga Gilaa guwaybiyaay yanaaylanha. Guwaymbarrangabala bii nguungu. Guwaymbarra bii nhamanha 'naaylanha, dhaygalbala nguungu maayrr yadhaarr, waalbala yadhaarr dhurralaanha gaburranda dhaygala.