Moses Mangiru Moses Mangiru i(A120676 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 The Ant-Eater and the Turtle Moses Mangiru , 1968 single work prose children's Indigenous story dreaming story
— Appears in: Aboriginal Children's Stories 1968; (p. 2-8)

While Ant-eater [the echidna] goes out to look for food, Turtle looks after baby Ant-eater. When Ant-eater has not returned by the third day, Turtle eats baby Ant-eater. Ant-eater returns and, in anger, begins to throw stones at Turtle. Turtle throws spears at Ant-eater. This is why the echidna's back is covered with spines, and the turtle's back is covered with stones.

According to this Dreaming story, 'If you look carefully you can see the little baby ant-eater in the turtle's mouth'. Source: Aboriginal Children's Stories (1968)
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