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Cassowary legend

Parchment-style illustration of a proud cassowary standing beneath a stormy Papua New Guinea sky as glowing sky spirits strip away her great wings, marking the moment she becomes a flightless bird.

The Proud Cassowary

In the time before memory, when the world was still learning its shape and the mountains of Papua New Guinea touched the clouds with reverence, there lived a magnificent cassowary unlike any creature that walks the earth today. Her wings stretched wide and powerful, catching the morning light like sheets of hammered copper. When she spread them across the highland

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Tiddalik the Thirsty Frog

In the Dreamtime, when animals still spoke the first language, the land woke to find no water anywhere. Rivers were empty, the
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