The Whale Man and His Canoe
Australian Aboriginal Legend
Back in the dreaming, when the world was young, ice smelted. The water levels rose and some if the land began to disappear. All the animals wanted to escape to the other side, but no one had a canoe big enough to carry them, except the Whale Man.
The Whale Man was a big fella and he had a huge canoe, but he wouldn’t loan his canoe to anyone. So the animals all met and decided to try to get hold of the Whale Man’s canoe. That way they could go across the waters to reach the land on the other side before it was too late.