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A story about a boy named Buillbree whose hasty wish came true.
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This story comes from the Yaegl People of the Lower Clarence of the Maclean and Yamba area on the North Coast of New South Wales, within the Bundjalung Nation.
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Buillbree loves to climb trees. He would play in the treetops all day long if his mother would let him. He wishes he could live in the trees forever. But Buillbree learns, too late, that sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for.