munganounnight, the dark, the night skyNyinngangka munga wirrmira ngarapayi. Ka kurlingka munga murtu-murtu.During winter the nights are long. But during summer the nights are short.Palunyalu watjarnu, ‘Kuwarri-li mungangka kukurraala.’Then he said, ‘Let’s run away tonight.’Yanu-ya purtikutu munga kutjarra ngarrirra pitjakitja.They went out bush to sleep two nights and come back.Mungangka nyaku watjalku marunytjungkula ngarama. Ka purtu mungangka nyaku.At night you see something and say that it’s intensely black. You can’t see it in the dark.Tjirnturringkukitjangka munga narrilarralku. Ka tjirntu ngalyapakalku.When it’s nearly daybreak the night sky moves down. Then the sun comes up.

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