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He has kept his word, and now brings us a kangaroo. Pile up the fire. To-night we shall eat meat." About a hundred yards away from the camp Goolahwilleel put down his model, and came on without it. His mother called out: "Where is the kangaroo you brought home?" "Oh, over there." And he pointed towards where he had left it. The sisters ran to get it, but came back saying: "Where is it?
Every day, instead of hunting, Goolahwilleel had been gathering wattle-gum, and with this he had been modelling a kangaroo a perfect model of one, tail, ears, and all complete. So the next day he came towards the camp carrying this kangaroo made of gum. Seeing him coming, and also seeing that he was carrying the promised kangaroo, his mother and sisters said: "Ah, Goolahwilleel spoke truly.
How the old legend repeats itself, and now as then, how often the artist is woman slain that she by the caterer may live. Surely in the interests of intellect was the prayer made: 'Give us our daily bread. Perhaps the old legend of Goolahwilleel was originally told with a moral, and that may be: why black artists are so well treated now.
This legend tells how Goolahwilleel had the soul of an artist, and when his family sent him out to hunt their daily dinner, he forgot his quest and perfected his art, which was the modelling of a kangaroo in gum. When his work was finished, with the pride of a successful artist he returned for applause. His family demanded of him meat; he showed his kangaroo. His masterpiece was unappreciated.
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