Mirram the Kangaroo
and Wareen the Wombat
By Michael
Long ago, in the dreamtime, there lived two men named Mirram and Wareen. They were best friends. They fished and hunted together. They both lived in the dry, sandy plains of New South Wales. But they had something different about themselves: Wareen slept in a tent while Mirram slept in the open air.
He got so angry that he got a spear and threw it right in Wareen's bottom! He started to hurt so much that he started jumping like a kangaroo.
As time past, Wareen, who had the blunt head, turned into a real wombat, while Mirram, who had the spear in his bottom, turned into a kangaroo.
So that's the story of how kangaroos and wombats evolved.
Dreamtime Stories - Mirram The Kangaroo and Warreen The Wombat