Drim Blanga Gowena en Sineik
David Oenpelli

DRIM BLANGA GOWENA EN SINEIK
David Oenpelli bin raidim dijan stori en droim ola pitja.
KRIOL
Bamyili Press 1983

©Copyright Bamyili Press 1983 
ISBN 0 86822 179 1

Wandei aibin drim bla wanbala bigwan gowena en wanbala bigwan sineik bin abum bigwan fait.

Deibin ranran raid thru la wanbala bigwan keib en atsaid raidaran bigwan tri en raun jad hoi en bek langa jad keib igin.

Wan deibin binij faitfait sineik bin sei, "Yunmi gud bren na. Nomo faitfait igin."

"Orait bren," jad gowena bin sei. "Yunmi go na la mai pleis. Ai gada shoim yu weya ai olweis silipbat. Gulujap langa bigwan riba gulujap langa bigwan rok, Jad bigwan rok im abum bigwan hoi insaid."

Dubala bin go en kamat langa jad bigwan rok.

Deibin go insaid langa jad bigwan hol en aibin rili fraiten brabiliwei.

Aibin jingat adbala en mai waif imin hitim mi rait langa mai bek. Imin sei, "Wotfo yu drimbat?"

Aibin weikap na en aibin sei, "Wotfo yu bin hitimbat mi?" en imin sei, "Yu bin drimbat samjing. Jad wai yu bin jingat. Aibin hitim yu langa yu bek bla weikap,"

Aibin bin sei la im, "Aibin drimbat wanbala bigwan gowena en bigwan sineik bin faitfait. Aibin rili fraiten wan dubala bin go insaid la hoi."
Bat mai waif bin sei, "Yu gobek la silip igin. Mi taid na."
Mindubala bin gobek la silip.

English Translation
Title:	A dream about a goanna and a snake
Author & Illustrator: David Oenpelli
One day I dreamt about a big goanna and a big snake. They had a big fight.
They raced through a big cave, outside around a big tree, around a hole and then back to the cave again.
When they finished fighting, the snake said , "We're good friends now. Let's not fight again."
"O.K." said the goanna. "Let's go to my place and I'll show you where I sleep. It's near a big rock, close to the river. The rock has a hole in it."
Off they went and came to the big rock. They went into the hole and I got really frightened. I sang out really loudly, and suddenly my wife hit me on the back. She said, "Why are you dreaming?"
I woke up and said, "What did you hit me for?" She said, "You were dreaming about something and calling out. I hit you to wake you up."
Then I said, "I had a dream about a big goanna and a big snake. They were fighting. I was really frightened when they went into a hole." My wife said, "Go back to sleep again I'm tired." Then we both went back to sleep.

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